Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Lonely Hearts Hotel by Heather O'Neill

17 reviews

lsteele's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Addiction, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Miscarriage

zetty91's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Miscarriage, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Murder

ember_is_gay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

3.0

i am not sure if i liked this book. the whole time i was reading it, i couldn't tell if i was actually enjoying. there would be times where i would be really getting into it and then something weird/unnecessary would happen and i would put it down. the intense descriptions of abuse were so not it for me, i dont think it is super necessary to include and actually found that the descriptions were almost glamourising it. (i am not against stories about abuse, i think they are important topics that should be covered in media, but i disagree with glamorisation). 

the storyline itself was really interesting, and although could have been better written, i did want to know what happened and was invested in Rose and Pierrot succeeding in what they set out to achieve.   

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Child death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

ashbea's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Addiction, Sexual content, Drug use, Miscarriage, Suicide, Pregnancy, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Grief, Gun violence, Abandonment, and Rape

Minor: Animal death

cadefritz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Addiction, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Gun violence

codexqueen's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Pedophilia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Death, Drug abuse, Addiction, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Grief, Suicide, Pregnancy, Cursing, and Murder

aspi8tionalpile's review against another edition

challenging medium-paced

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

3.5

It is a dreamy, romanticised treatment of two very difficult lives. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Rape, Sexual content, and Child abuse

Minor: Child death

folded_between_pages_of_books's review against another edition

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Drug use, Abandonment, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual content, Abortion, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts

calicat42's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This is the one book I would read for the first time over and over again. Tragically beautiful. A commentary on love, humanity, relationships, and trying to find our way in the world. It shatters your heart beautifully.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide, Drug abuse, Violence, Sexual violence, Infidelity, and Emotional abuse

lectricefeministe's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Classism, Drug use, Miscarriage, Murder, Trafficking, Suicide, Stalking, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Sexual content, Infidelity, Rape, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Pedophilia