Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

137 reviews

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

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

amandabshero's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Child death, and Abortion

marielcariker'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I am a disaster I can’t stop crying I needed to read this book so badly and I’m so glad it found me now: as a person altered forever by the pandemic, unsure what comes next, deconstructing everything that happened before 2020 to find some sort of answer. To fix it. The time I spent reading this helped to fix it, even a little, briefly.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Alcoholism

alyssamg8's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Death, Infidelity, and Abortion

alisonvh'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book is about so many things I can’t put my finger on just one. It’s about young love and careers that don’t pan out and the choices we make, and learning about the people our parents were before they were parents. It’s so good!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Child death

kellyeweber's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Alcoholism and Mental illness

burnyayhayley's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

This book is absolutely stunning. Beautifully crafted prose, sharp and clear while still being soft and gentle in many places. I feel like people largely felt that pandemic books would feel weird to read so soon during or after the actual pandemic, but this one felt comforting, and managed to make the absolute most of an imperfect situation. Everything about this story felt so absolutely genuine and real. 
Also, whoever thought of Meryl Streep for the audiobook is a GENIUS and I hope they are well paid and thanked for their work. Meryl was fucking spectacular. I could listen to her read all day. 
I guess this makes Ann Patchett a solid hitter for me, as I don't think I have given her anything but 5 stars on her work. Would highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Alcohol

machenn's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Abortion, and Alcohol

allisonstockslager's review against another edition

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: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Minor: Racism, Suicide, and Pandemic/Epidemic

sweetheart_ok's review against another edition

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

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Racism, and Abortion