Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Tom Lake [Large Print] by Ann Patchett

27 reviews

alyssapusateri's review against another edition

reflective relaxing medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

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

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

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, Alcoholism, Animal death, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Blood, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

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: Mental illness and Abortion

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

ajhowe2's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicide, Medical content, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Death, Mental illness, Racism, Abortion, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

shae_reads's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

1.0

This was a book club choice. It was very boring. This novel is character driven but the characters were one-dimensional, unlikeable and uninteresting. In my opinion nothing interesting happens except

when Uncle Wallace throws up all that blood on stage but still finished the show!

There is also very little romance involved in this “romance” novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Infidelity, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Excrement, Medical content, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, and Abortion

hinkleh's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical content, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Death, Racism, Vomit, and Abortion

Minor: Suicide, Terminal illness, and Pregnancy

prairiek's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Death, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic