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emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
tense
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
I found some of the dyslexia/ acting content personally triggering
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fatphobia
Minor: Suicide
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
funny
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
informative
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is one of those books where nothing much happens, but it's just so good. It's a book about family life. It's about the families. It's not plot driven- it's about the mistakes and regrets and moments between. If you prefer fast-paced, plot heavy novels, this won't be for you. The devastating way that Patchett writes families leaves me breathless. Commonwealth is like a Chekhov play, where nothing really happens but you feel terrible about it.
Content Warnings
Religion, profanity, lots of drinking, vomit, pregnancy, derogatory language, sexism, infidelity, miscarriage mention, fire, cancer, divorce, drug content, medical content, gun violence, graphic violence, violence against Immigrants, death, minors drinking, racist language, family estrangement, family death, death of a child, abortion mention, suicide joke, suicidal ideation, addition, sexual content, neglect of children
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Profanity, family estrangement, open door sex, anxiety
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
the music on the audiobook is distracting
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Religious bigotry
Magic, religion, puritanism, christian religion, racism, witchcraft, violence, sexual harassment, illness, pregnancy, childbirth, medical content, racial slurs, abortion, death of parent/parental figure, politics, riot, gore, slavery, torture, animal cruelty, murder, captivity, forced outing, scarification, epidemic, public execution
funny
lighthearted
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:
No
I liked the premise of this book more than the actual book.
Divorce ranch in the 1930’s for rich ladies- maybe some romance, maybe some comedy.
Having Ward, a ranch staffer, as the narrator kind of made it awkward, especially since the story is presented as Ward looking back on his time on the ranch decades later. Why is an elderly doctor spending so much time thinking about divorcees and their Spanish nun underwear and what they ate for breakfast? This book has a lot of banter-y dialogue, which doesn’t add much to the plot. There are a few moments where I truly laughed, but overall, this book was pretty mediocre.
CW: divorce as major theme, death of parents, sexual content, animal death, vomit, suicide mention, poverty, religion mention
Divorce ranch in the 1930’s for rich ladies- maybe some romance, maybe some comedy.
Having Ward, a ranch staffer, as the narrator kind of made it awkward, especially since the story is presented as Ward looking back on his time on the ranch decades later. Why is an elderly doctor spending so much time thinking about divorcees and their Spanish nun underwear and what they ate for breakfast? This book has a lot of banter-y dialogue, which doesn’t add much to the plot. There are a few moments where I truly laughed, but overall, this book was pretty mediocre.
CW: divorce as major theme, death of parents, sexual content, animal death, vomit, suicide mention, poverty, religion mention