by Julia Glass
This is more three related stories--a short novel flanked by two novellas--than an integrated novel. They're united by being set in three June months and one character appears in all three stories--Fenno MacLeod. He's a supporting player in the bookend third-person stories and the first person narra...
3 stars
3 stars
I didn't like the triptych format, just out of personal taste. Also, I was expecting more plot. I'm interested in character studies (I absolutely loved The Epicure's Lament, for example, which is similarly plotless), but I think I'm too lowbrow to enjoy simply eavesdropping on the lives of upper-mid...
I like having long, interesting and pleasant stories for audiobooks - they lull me to sleep. This long rambling family story mostly centered on a middle aged Scottish man named Fenno fit the bill. Unfortunately, the reader's soothing accent did not translate to the dialog of the American character...
I'd give this one more like 3.5 stars, but goodreads doesn't let me do that. I like books that have characters that are real and well developed. Fenno was a very *real* character -flawed and endearing. I also really liked Mal and the bit about his illness and death was very touching. So for char...
Meh. It was a pretty good story, but there was nothing compelling about any of the characters. If I the book doesn't encourage me to care about the characters, it's hard to read much further.
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