Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

24 reviews

tashtasher's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Infidelity, Suicide, Alcohol, Cancer, Toxic relationship, Death, Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Grief, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death and Racism

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

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

couragefish's review

emotional hopeful reflective relaxing slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abortion and Racism

hinkleh's review

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

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

Minor: Suicide, Terminal illness, and Pregnancy

rayreyes'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? No

4.25

Solid book. Took me up until 50% through to get invested in the story. Really lovely and would recommend overall.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: Racism, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Death, and Alcoholism

Minor: Suicide, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, and Abortion

allisonstockslager's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol and Alcoholism

Minor: Suicide, Racism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

sweetheart_ok's review

challenging emotional funny mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.25

This book slowly unravels two storylines that converge at the end. The characters are likable yet flawed, and the narrator clearly regards herself poorly while revealing her uncanny ability to choose fateful interactions. The contrast between the two stories is stark but codependent. Pratchett skillfully develops complex characters and complicated relationships in this tale of heartache, family, and a search for peace

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Suicide, Medical trauma, Misogyny, and Sexism

Minor: Racism, Adult/minor relationship, and Abortion

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