Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

44 reviews

katietregs's review against another edition

2.0

emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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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, Vomit

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

Minor: Animal death, Abortion

askmeokay's review against another edition

3.0

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol

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

Minor: Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail

dev921's review against another edition

1.0

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

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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, Alcohol

tashtasher's review against another edition

4.0

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

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Animal death, Racism

_oliviasmith_'s review against another edition

1.0

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I didn’t like the book. I thought it was slow. Felt like to took a long time to get to the point of the book. Maybe I wasn’t paying enough attention but it started off insanely mundane and just stayed that way.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death

productioneer's review against another edition

4.0

lighthearted reflective relaxing 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: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Animal death, Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Abortion

laurenleigh's review against another edition

4.5

hopeful inspiring relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I mean Ann Patchett could write an Ikea instruction manual, and I’d read it. There’s something about her way of seeing the truth at the heart of things. And then she can actually communicate that! But her style is so accessible, not caught up in pretentiousness. I loved this book in particular because it was a bonding experience for my mom and I, just like the sisters and their mom in this story were connecting. State of Wonder is still my favorite of hers, but this is a close second! FYI, Our Town is a prerequisite for reading this.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death

Minor: Abortion

hyuniecrisp's review against another edition

4.25

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Ann Patchett owns me

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Pandemic/Epidemic

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

aileron's review against another edition

3.5

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

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer

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

booksemmahasread's review against another edition

3.75

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion