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A review by meredithcookson
Summer of '69 by Elin Hilderbrand
3.0
3.0 stars
This was my first Elin Hilderbrand book, and I think most people have fallen in love with the Summer of '69....so I was disappointed when I didn't quite get the same feeling.
It definitely was an easy, generally enjoyable beach read, and the Nantucket/Martha's Vineyard setting was charming.
I think my main issue with this book was that it felt like we were continually in the introduction phase to the characters. Because this story is told from multiple points of view, the characters were developed very slowly and I felt like I was constantly just beginning to really dive in with them...for 400 pages. I definitely didn't hate this book, but it was a little dull and uneventful to me (so maybe it's perfect for zoning out on the beach!)
This was my first Elin Hilderbrand book, and I think most people have fallen in love with the Summer of '69....so I was disappointed when I didn't quite get the same feeling.
It definitely was an easy, generally enjoyable beach read, and the Nantucket/Martha's Vineyard setting was charming.
I think my main issue with this book was that it felt like we were continually in the introduction phase to the characters. Because this story is told from multiple points of view, the characters were developed very slowly and I felt like I was constantly just beginning to really dive in with them...for 400 pages. I definitely didn't hate this book, but it was a little dull and uneventful to me (so maybe it's perfect for zoning out on the beach!)