Reviews tagging 'Death'

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

69 reviews

hihicass's review

funny reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Death, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Grief, Mental illness, Abortion, Suicide, Sexual content, and Child death

Minor: Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Cancer, Animal death, and Injury/Injury detail

aliciaallen's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring lighthearted 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Alcoholism

Minor: Abortion and Death

lisettemarie's review

emotional reflective

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

hretzkin's review

emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

Overall I really enjoyed this book. The characters were interesting and the concept of the plot was good. It was a little slow at parts and some of it was a bit repetitive. I liked some of the twists although she leads you to the climax of the plot a little early. A good read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, and Death

frogknitting's review

reflective relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.0

SHE GOT PREGNANT IN A PSYCH WARD BATHROOM?????? this was just so out of left field it was crazy

Overall a kind of dull book to be honest. It's reflective and slow-paced, but it's more so that it doesn't dwell within the characters all that much when it isn't directly telling you about them. Emily has a temper, Maisie is kind, Nell is the baby, and that's really all I can say about them. I would've probably quit it if Meryl Streep hadn't been the narrator tbh

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization and Death

Moderate: Sexual content

infiniteerin'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction and Death

amybartoli29's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, and Grief

Minor: Abortion, Pregnancy, Mental illness, and Cancer

pam_'s review

reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

Extremely boring. I didn’t care about any of the characters or the plot. I probably should have DNFed because this was not for me. Meryl Streep narrating the audiobook was this book’s saving grace in my opinion. Without her, there is no way that I would have been able to finish this.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Infidelity, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Misogyny

samanthanh's review against another edition

inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Abortion, and Addiction

bella_cavicchi's review against another edition

emotional reflective relaxing 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? No

4.0

I’m not convinced that TOM LAKE is Ann Patchett’s best, or even her second or third best. It feels to me too quickly edited, the structuring of the memory scenes forced, the coincidences too good to be true. But man, did I still enjoy it. Perfectly imperfect, it is the epitome of summertime. I loved too how it captured the stillness that fell upon the world at the height of the pandemic without ever giving it a name.

+1 for showcasing summer stock theatre, what I lovingly call the “wild west” of the theatre industry. My heart! With it always.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Grief, Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Medical content

Moderate: Terminal illness, Pregnancy, and Cancer

Minor: Child death and Abortion