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Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

46 reviews

prairiek's review

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

rei_reads's review

emotional reflective slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic and Death

hyuniecrisp's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Ann Patchett owns me

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, and Abortion

atamano's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Alcoholism

Moderate: Medical content, Abandonment, Drug use, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexual content, and Blood

coffeekitaab's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I wasn't sure what I was expecting when I started reading this but it felt like a gentle stream that was taking me on a reflective journey; what happens when your kids want to learn about the summer when you, or Lara our protagonist, an aspiring actress at the time dated a famous actor, at a time when he was not yet famous. The intricacies and complications of what used to be simple relationships and the impact people have on our lives and how they can influence on our future. This felt like a warm hug in places and by the end I was in tears, such heartfelt storytelling. My first of Ann Patchett and certainly not the last. I would definitely recommend to everyone. Thank you to the publisher and netgalley for an advanced copy of the book in exchange for an unedited and honest opinion.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Alcoholism, Drug use, Abortion, Blood, Alcohol, Cancer, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

deetabz's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Infidelity, Confinement, Mental illness, Blood, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Alcohol, Medical content, Death, and Pregnancy

Minor: Abortion and Racism

juliacsmith's review

reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

I’m still deciding how I feel about this book. But Meryl Streep as audiobook narrator = perfection. Chef’s kiss. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Abortion, Alcohol, Grief, Medical content, Racism, Sexism, Child death, Cancer, and Vomit

aileron's review against another edition

hopeful 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcoholism, Vomit, Blood, Medical content, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death and Cancer

Minor: Racism, Abortion, Child death, and Pandemic/Epidemic

jaimc'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Pregnancy, Abortion, and Child death

serendipitysbooks's review against another edition

emotional 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

 Tom Lake is a beautifully crafted novel, quiet and understated, but filled with warmth and love. It’s 2020 and all Lara’s adult daughters are home in Michigan because of the pandemic and helping on the family cherry orchard. Prompted by their demands she recounts a summer from her twenties, when she was acting in the play Our Town and dating a guy who went on to become a famous actor. I felt that this story beautifully captures the bond between sisters and the relationship between mothers and their adult daughters. I also loved the depictions of the relationship between Lara and her husband Joe. It felt strong and right and true. The structure - Lara tells the story of her past relationship in segments which we hear in between accounts of the family’s current life - worked for me. This isn’t a story filled with high drama and conflict. Rather it’s a story of a woman looking back at a life once lived, at a pivotal summer where her life could have gone in one direction but didn’t, and more fully sharing this part of herself (or at least most of it) with her daughters. Lara, her family, and her story (if not all it’s details) are all quintessentially nice. Nice can sound a bit like damning with faint praise, but that’s not the case here. It simply the most apt description. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcoholism

Minor: Abortion