Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

31 reviews

dev921's review

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Cursing, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Alcoholism, Cancer, Medical content, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Blood, and Death

sholtie's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.75

Can't wait to tell my kids about the toxic situationship I had when I was 19 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Vomit, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Sexual content

elissec's review

emotional inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Addiction, and Alcohol

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Abortion and Drug use

delaneybarry's review

emotional lighthearted reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Vomit, Infidelity, Pandemic/Epidemic, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Addiction, Cancer, Death, and Mental illness

Minor: Abortion

cassiebartelme's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

I initially thought I wasn’t going to like this novel- I had a slow start getting into it- but I did like it very much. The writing is excellent and Ann Patchett does a masterful job of telling a story of a family on a cherry farm in Michigan during the pandemic and the story of one summerstock theater season. Writing out the plot like that makes it seem like it shouldn’t work- that it will be odd or clunky or forced but it is not at all. Put it on your list.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Vomit and Alcohol

annaxavila's review

emotional hopeful 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

Graphic: Blood, Alcoholism, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Abortion, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Mental illness

Minor: Cancer and Child death

msaggy's review

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.0

The pace of this book is slow and I jumped into the audiobook midway, enticed by Meryl Streep's narration – a choice I'm glad I made.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Abortion, Alcoholism, Blood, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Addiction

jjamiee's review

lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Alcoholism

Minor: Abortion, Blood, and Medical trauma

emma_sky's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, and Death

snipinfool's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

It was 2020 and the world as we knew it had stopped. Lara, Joe, and their three daughters were on their farm working to harvest the cherries in their orchard. To pass the time, the girls wanted to know the full story of how Lara ended up dating someone who later became a huge movie star. Growing up, they had heard bits and pieces of the story but never heard it from beginning to end. As Lara moved through the story, more about their lives as a family on the farm unfold. 

I really enjoyed reading this story. I loved how Ann Patchett wove the story together by linking the play, Our Town, with the impact playing the lead character, Emily, had on Lara throughout her life. Playing Emily in Tom Lake's summer stock performances was where she met Peter Duke, who would become a very well-known actor years later. That summer, Lara learned that she needed to pivot and take a direction that was unexpected from what she had planned. I felt much like Lara's daughters did in that I was excited to learn more of the story. The dialog between characters was natural and well written. The characters, themselves, were easy to visualize, and I could picture so many parts of the story in my mind. Overall, this was a wonderful novel about family and how big moments in life could lead to unexpected changes that end up bringing us to where we find our greatest happiness.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Moderate: Mental illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Sexual content

Minor: Abortion, Cancer, and Child death