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Gay Youth Chronicles Complete Chronology #60
Three Months
Huntley is a golden boy. He’s blond, beautiful, wealthy and popular. Max hates him—at least until the pair meets and Max begins to understand that Huntley’s life might not be so perfect after all. Max doesn’t care for Glen either. Why should he? Glen has bullied him for years. Glen isn’t all that he seems either and becomes more involved in Max’s life than Max could have ever imagined. Three Months is a story of love, understanding and dealing with the ultimate tragedy of life.
273 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 12, 2020
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Mark A. Roeder
98 books211 followersMark A. Roeder grew up in southern Indiana - near a small town similar to those that appear in his novels.
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May 5, 2020
Epic epic tearjerker!!!
Every page of this book is a bawling marvel for me to read! I’m a bloody messy ugly cry emotional reader and I love this classic story! I’m so in love with the heroic: Huntley and Max and Glen. I’m so lucky to have read this amazing love story and most importantly, couldn’t recommend it more strongly. This is simply what love at its very best! Love love love this book!!!
Every page of this book is a bawling marvel for me to read! I’m a bloody messy ugly cry emotional reader and I love this classic story! I’m so in love with the heroic: Huntley and Max and Glen. I’m so lucky to have read this amazing love story and most importantly, couldn’t recommend it more strongly. This is simply what love at its very best! Love love love this book!!!
April 7, 2024
NEEDS PROOFREADING
This was my first Mark Roeder book and I enjoyed the beginning so much that I immediately looked up ten other books by Mark Roeder to put on my “to read” list. The author writes a nice story and the new cover art on the latest edition is superb. They say you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but in this case, you can. The boys on the book cover look exactly like the way I would expect them to look. And it is such an attractive cover, that one could consider buying the book just for the cover art.
At the beginning of the book, there were a few grammatical errors here and there, but they weren’t too bothersome. However, by the time I reached the midpoint of the book, I was beginning to get annoyed at all of the grammatical errors that kept popping up. Plus, the errors seemed to increase dramatically in the second half of the book. Some of the errors seemed to be due to carelessness and others seemed to be the result of the writer not knowing how to use verb tenses correctly.
In addition, it seemed like the proofreaders (if any) got tired and raced through the second half of book without doing a good proofreading job. I counted over 40 grammatical errors in the book and that really wore me down.
While I found the storyline of this book deserving of four out of five stars, the abundance of grammatical errors (over 40) ultimately led me to assign a final rating of three stars. While many readers may overlook such errors, they proved to be a significant detractor for me. If grammatical precision isn’t a priority for you, then you may still find enjoyment in the book. However, for me, these errors make me reluctant to explore any other Mark Roeder books. In an era where spellchecking and grammar checking tools are readily available, the persistence of such sloppiness is disappointing. It’s disheartening to see a genuinely compelling story undermined by careless oversights, which I can only assume the author is unaware of.
This was my first Mark Roeder book and I enjoyed the beginning so much that I immediately looked up ten other books by Mark Roeder to put on my “to read” list. The author writes a nice story and the new cover art on the latest edition is superb. They say you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but in this case, you can. The boys on the book cover look exactly like the way I would expect them to look. And it is such an attractive cover, that one could consider buying the book just for the cover art.
At the beginning of the book, there were a few grammatical errors here and there, but they weren’t too bothersome. However, by the time I reached the midpoint of the book, I was beginning to get annoyed at all of the grammatical errors that kept popping up. Plus, the errors seemed to increase dramatically in the second half of the book. Some of the errors seemed to be due to carelessness and others seemed to be the result of the writer not knowing how to use verb tenses correctly.
In addition, it seemed like the proofreaders (if any) got tired and raced through the second half of book without doing a good proofreading job. I counted over 40 grammatical errors in the book and that really wore me down.
While I found the storyline of this book deserving of four out of five stars, the abundance of grammatical errors (over 40) ultimately led me to assign a final rating of three stars. While many readers may overlook such errors, they proved to be a significant detractor for me. If grammatical precision isn’t a priority for you, then you may still find enjoyment in the book. However, for me, these errors make me reluctant to explore any other Mark Roeder books. In an era where spellchecking and grammar checking tools are readily available, the persistence of such sloppiness is disappointing. It’s disheartening to see a genuinely compelling story undermined by careless oversights, which I can only assume the author is unaware of.
January 29, 2020
Just ... wow
As I sit here with tears streaming down my face, all I can say is Mark outdid himself on this one. Spectacular!!
As I sit here with tears streaming down my face, all I can say is Mark outdid himself on this one. Spectacular!!
March 24, 2021
Thanks to Ken Clark for loaning me this book. It was amazing but also sad. As with all Roeder's books the characters were well drawn and you develop feelings for them easily. It was like ken told me, a two tissue box read.
I'm hoping that Mark will write a sequel to this book as I want to see more of Max, Glen and everyone else.
I'm hoping that Mark will write a sequel to this book as I want to see more of Max, Glen and everyone else.
March 8, 2025
Loved the book and the characters. I don’t think I have ever cried as much reading a book or watching a movie, like a sappy Hallmark Christmas movie
May 29, 2020
Ok, as soon as I knew that Huntley was terminal the author is kindly giving us the option to walk away while the going is good - just like Max. But of course we don't and later on we pay the price - again, just like poor Max! I cried so much at the end that it hurt!
I like to think that there are boys in the world like Huntley. If there are there won't be many but it was impossible not to fall for his charms just like everyone else in the book!
Mark is very good with "boy dialogue": banter; and, although the story line becomes seriously challenging towards the end I laughed often and aloud through the earlier pages.
I had a problem with the beginning though. It was hard to see Max as a potential suicide: he just didn't seem low enough to seriously go for this. When I got to this section my thought was "What? Really?" However, perhaps some teenage suicides happen like this? A bad day at school; low self-esteem?
My other problem was with Glen. I loved how he reformed but I had trouble visualising this as feasible. Bullying is not normally a "passing phase" and its roots are complex and profound. All we ever really know about his background is that he was "poorer than Max". Huh?
"Hallmark" Christmas is a theme in this book and Mark allows us to enjoy the book on that level.
This book is not great literature but I still gave it five stars because I laughed and cried so much! Goodbye Huntley. We MISS you!
I like to think that there are boys in the world like Huntley. If there are there won't be many but it was impossible not to fall for his charms just like everyone else in the book!
Mark is very good with "boy dialogue": banter; and, although the story line becomes seriously challenging towards the end I laughed often and aloud through the earlier pages.
I had a problem with the beginning though. It was hard to see Max as a potential suicide: he just didn't seem low enough to seriously go for this. When I got to this section my thought was "What? Really?" However, perhaps some teenage suicides happen like this? A bad day at school; low self-esteem?
My other problem was with Glen. I loved how he reformed but I had trouble visualising this as feasible. Bullying is not normally a "passing phase" and its roots are complex and profound. All we ever really know about his background is that he was "poorer than Max". Huh?
"Hallmark" Christmas is a theme in this book and Mark allows us to enjoy the book on that level.
This book is not great literature but I still gave it five stars because I laughed and cried so much! Goodbye Huntley. We MISS you!
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