Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

68 reviews

americattt's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

“It is sentimental and useless to tell someone you would gladly give them your past because the past is nontransferable, and anyway, I would have wanted to give her only the good days.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Alcoholism

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic and Injury/Injury detail

emilythebarwench's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I wasn't sure going into this if it was going to be my cup of tea, but each chapter pulled me into the next. The characters and development were great.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Death

Minor: Sexual content and Abortion

mdavis26's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Abortion, Alcohol, Vomit, Racism, Cancer, Blood, and Drug use

athenap92's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Mental illness, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Addiction, and Abortion

maceydowns's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• 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? Yes

4.25

feeling a bit like this book taught me the same lesson as everything everywhere all at once — but maybe that’s just the lesson I’m seeking right now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Addiction, and Medical content

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Abortion, Cancer, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Rape

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Grief, Infidelity, and Racism

adelita18's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child death, and Infidelity

Minor: Abortion

This is the first book by Ann Patchett I've read and I was fully captivated by her storytelling and writing style. Lara and her family are absolutely enchanting and I thoroughly enjoyed the glimpse into their pandemic lock down world. Ann Patchett did a masterful job of weaving Lara's life story through modern conversations with her family and in doing so points out the beauty, magic, and extraordinary nature of the parts of our daily lives we take for granted. The storytelling is so layered and rich, I look forward to picking up this book again and again. I read this in audiobook format and I cannot rave enough over Meryl Streep's interpretation of the story. If you love audiobook editions, give this one a listen!

askmeokay's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Addiction

Moderate: Cancer, Drug use, Pregnancy, Animal death, and Infidelity

Minor: Child death, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

dev921's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Cursing, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Alcoholism, Cancer, Medical content, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Blood, and Death

momlovesbooks17's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• 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? Yes

4.25

Enjoyed Meryl Streep's audio.  The author's description's of setting made me feel like I was there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Alcohol

Minor: Abortion and Mental illness

bookshelfhannah's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Alcohol

Minor: Abortion