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amybartoli29's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, and Grief
Minor: Cancer, Mental illness, Abortion, and Pregnancy
adventurebound7's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Moderate: Alcoholism and Infidelity
Minor: Cancer, Abortion, and Injury/Injury detail
maggies's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Moderate: Infidelity and Sexual content
Minor: Cancer, Grief, and Abortion
bella_cavicchi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
+1 for showcasing summer stock theatre, what I lovingly call the “wild west” of the theatre industry. My heart! With it always.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Cancer, Terminal illness, and Pregnancy
Minor: Child death and Abortion
thecandiegirl's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Moderate: Alcohol
Minor: Cancer, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Vomit, Medical content, Abortion, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
mariposa517's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Infidelity, Medical content, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Toxic friendship, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Cancer, Death, Drug use, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and War
ressicajicks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Blood, Vomit, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Racism, Terminal illness, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Abortion
thalia16's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Cancer, Child death, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Abortion, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
savvyrosereads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Sheltering in place during the pandemic, Lara recounts for her daughters the story of her summer spent acting at Tom Lake.
Meryl Streep is one of the very best actors of our lifetimes (or ever) and she performs this audiobook with every ounce of that talent. I could truly listen to her monologue for hours on end, and so the narration made this audiobook an entertaining experience. If you’re a fan of Meryl, I can’t recommend it enough, and if you’re not, I have serious questions about your taste.
That said, this is also a book, and I…didn’t really enjoy the book. I found the plot pretty boring and never really “got” the point the novel was trying to make—it felt like nothing happened, I didn’t particularly like any of the characters, and I wasn’t remotely surprised by anything that happened in either timeline. Honestly, I cannot imagine reading this one in physical form, because the narration was the best part for me by far. In short, 3 stars for the book (being generous), an entire additional star for Meryl.
CW: Infidelity; injury; mentions of death; pandemic
Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Death, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
alyssapusateri's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Infidelity, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail