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Tom Lake

Ann Patchett

4.06 AVERAGE

vliz20's review against another edition

3.75

emotional hopeful reflective 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: Yes

luluvp's review against another edition

4.25

emotional lighthearted reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

book_dummy's review against another edition

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

This should have been an opinion piece magazine article or short story. It really dragged in the last half. The characters are pretentious and superficial. The writing is clumsy and preachy. It could have used major editing. Super boring and grating...a dime a dozen.

beans99's review against another edition

5.0

Ann Patchett has done it again. She took a simple tale of a family coming together for the summer of 2020 (the great COVID pandemic), added a mother's story about an old boyfriend....and voila' she made magic---In perfect Ann Patchett style.

In a lot of stories that flip from past to present, one of the stories is better than the other. Patchett is so extraordinary that both stories are equally engaging. As a reader, I fell in love with the main character Lara, her husband Joe, her daughters, and even her playboy boyfriend from the past, Duke.

This is a perfect book. One I know I will read again and again. (Readers might find themselves re-reading Our Town also).