Review: We Are Water by Wally Lamb

We Are Water by Wally Lamb

Publisher: Harper

Pages: 576

Format: ARC

Buy the Book: Amazon

Goodreads:  In middle age, Anna Oh-wife, mother, outsider artist-has shaken her family to its core. After twenty-seven years of marriage and three children, Anna has fallen in love with Vivica, the wealthy, cultured, confident Manhattan art dealer who orchestrated her professional success.

Anna and Viveca plan to wed in the Oh family's hometown of Three Rivers in Connecticut, where gay marriage has recently been legalized. But the impending wedding provokes some very mixed reactions and opens a Pandora's Box of toxic secrets-dark and painful truths that have festered below the surface of the Ohs' lives.


Kritters Thoughts:  A family saga that takes you into the past of each character to explain why they are who they are and how they got to the place they are whether it be in a good place or a bad place.  The central couple is Anna and Orion Oh and although they are now going in separate directions, it was still worth it to hear how they got together and the ups and downs of their marriage.  

Wally Lamb is known for writing some very powerful books.  It is sad to admit this was my first of his books that I have read, although I do own three others.  I wasn't quite prepared for the saga that it was, but I immediately fell into it and wanted to know more and more about this immediate family and the outside characters that would influence them.  This book was all about the characters and thankfully Lamb made a great family that I easily grew attached to.

I was most impressed that this book which is over 500 pages didn't feel like too much at any point.  I enjoyed the amount of coverage each character received and did not for one second think that some things should be cut to make it a little bit more manageable.  Although a hefty book, it is worth curling up with and may be a perfect read for the upcoming cold weather!


Rating: definitely a good read, but can't read two in a row

Disclosure of Material Connection:  I received one copy of this book free of charge from TLC Book Tours.  I was not required to write a positive review in exchange for receipt of the book; rather, the opinions expressed in this review are my own.

The tour schedule:

Tuesday, October 15th: Love at First Book

Wednesday, October 16th: Alison’s Book Marks

Thursday, October 17th: Read Lately

Friday, October 18th: The Little Reader Library

Monday, October 21st: A Bookish Way of Life

Tuesday, October 22nd: Girls Just Reading

Wednesday, October 23rd: The Well-Read Redhead

Thursday, October 24th: West Metro Mommy

Friday, October 25th: Drey’s Library

Monday, October 28th: Kritters Ramblings

Tuesday, October 29th: Bibliophiliac

Wednesday, October 30th: Booksie’s Blog

Thursday, October 31st: Lit and Life

Monday, November 4th: Book-alicious Mama

Tuesday, November 5th: BoundbyWords

Wednesday, November 6th: Books Speak Volumes

Thursday, November 7th: Book Hooked Blog

Friday, November 8th: Peeking Between the Pages

Tuesday, November 12th: Tiffany’s Bookshelf

Wednesday, November 13th: Turn the Page

Thursday, November 14th: Dolce Bellezza