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Tom Lake [Large Print] by Ann Patchett

31 reviews

annaka's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Beautiful writing and interesting to see a book set in the pandemic that reflects on some of the impact we lived through. The story itself felt more about the journey than the plot while still having an interesting plot. Moments of the pacing felt off to me. I also felt rubbed the wrong way (slight spoiler ahead)

by the mc’s thought of there’s plenty of time for her children to change their mind about children.

Overall an enjoyable book club read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Vomit

Moderate: Mental illness

crystalleighwrites's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring reflective

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

4.75

Now I understand what everyone was raving about. This is such a beautifully written book, such a lovely story, and being read by Meryl Effing Streep doesn’t hurt. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Medical content

emilywemily6's review against another edition

reflective relaxing slow-paced

• 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? No

5.0

I adored this book. It was such a lovely treat to listen to, I could just dwell in the audiobook for as long as it would go on. It was a slow and calming read with a lot of nostalgia and romance (in the sense that life was romanticized, past and present, because of the good that came out of it in the end). It made me want to have more children and revel in their individuality and dreams and share with them my own past and dreams. It made me want to get involved with community theatre again. It made me want to move to Michigan and work on a cherry tree farm. There are definitely hardships/traumas mentioned, but not explicitly, since Lara is telling the story after years have gone by and she has a broader perspective. She also dictates how her story is told to her grown children and keeps a couple secrets to herself, though the reader gets let in on those secrets covertly. There isn’t really a climax or big reveal, though a few small twists and turns as you follow the story. I felt like Lara’s fourth daughter listening in on this story being told and I’m in a bit of a book hangover now that that world is over for me. It felt so realistic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Gaslighting, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Abortion and Classism

mdavis26's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

katietregs's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

2.0

Quite sentimental. Not a lot of twists and turns. The writing is good, but most of the characters feel quite flat. Very pro farm. My main takeaway is that this woman loves farm. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Forced institutionalization, and Vomit

Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Racism, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Animal death and Abortion

sholtie's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.75

Can't wait to tell my kids about the toxic situationship I had when I was 19 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Vomit, and Alcohol

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Sexual content

aylaspages's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective 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

4.5

rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

format: audiobook (Libby)

I’ve spent the last few days picking cherries with Lara, Joe, Maisie, Emily, and Nell. 🍒 Meryl Streep’s performance as Lara in Tom Lake truly transported me to the Nelson’s cherry farm, Tom Lake, and everywhere in between. 

We join the narrator, Lara, during the pandemic on her families cherry farm, as she tells her three adult daughters the story of her summer romance with movie star and actor Duke during the summer stock theater season in Tom Lake. 

I loved Lara - her actions, good and bad, felt so real throughout the book. While she’s sharing a story about a summer romance, we learn so much about her character, her relationship with her friends, and her early history with her husband, Joe. 

Joe and Lara’s daughters, Emily, Maisie, and Nell were supporting characters, but even through their reactions to Duke’s story I learned so much about them and felt like I related to much to different parts of their personalities. 

No major traumatic plot events, honestly no huge plot points at all, but wonderful storytelling and characters. A very enjoyable lit fic read!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Racism, Vomit, and Abortion

delaneybarry's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective relaxing 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Blood, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Abortion

cassiebartelme's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

I initially thought I wasn’t going to like this novel- I had a slow start getting into it- but I did like it very much. The writing is excellent and Ann Patchett does a masterful job of telling a story of a family on a cherry farm in Michigan during the pandemic and the story of one summerstock theater season. Writing out the plot like that makes it seem like it shouldn’t work- that it will be odd or clunky or forced but it is not at all. Put it on your list.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Vomit and Alcohol

tabear's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Racism, Vomit, Abortion, and Pandemic/Epidemic