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Lonely Hearts Hotel by Heather O'Neill

4 reviews

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

mayaccountant's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Sexual assault, Child death, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Infidelity, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: War, Religious bigotry, Murder, Incest, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Antisemitism

cubon's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.0

I wonder why only the minority mentions the perverted parts of this book. Yes obv this book is also part about rape, but tell me then - why are the rape scenes written more beautiful than the actual consensual acts??? Also the mention of his dick size several times gave me such alpha male author vibes. I loved the writing style in the beginning because it reminded me of the little princess book, but this one got worse with time. almost screams murakami I can’t believe a woman wrote this. 

Pierrot and Rose have no chemistry as well. They seem like twins(?) almost. I tried to find anything were we could see an actual connection and mutual understanding that wasn’t written direct and painfully obvious. I mean cmon „You are my Napoleon,” ???

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexism, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Rape, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Drug use, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Stalking, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Classism, Child death, Child abuse, Addiction, Abortion, and Abandonment

Moderate: Abandonment

kiwieroses's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny tense 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? No

5.0

WOW. This book was absolutely incredible. Its main themes revolve around trauma, the underworld of crime, drug trafficking and prostitution, performers/artists, and two orphans trying to find love in the cruel world they live in during the great depression. Even though it's filled with dark themes and quite explicit adult content, the book is written as a fairy tale or a bedtime story for children (sounds weird, I know, but if you read it you'll know what I mean) which makes it relatively easier to get through for the faint of heart, like myself. I cried at the end, but the last 3 pages are incredibly hopeful and gorgeous; please do not read them ahead of time like I did because the ending was SO epic, and I'm still upset that I spoiled it for myself haha.
O'Neill has a way with words that is incredibly unique and unlike anything I have read before, which takes you up and down through tragedy and triumph, and I just wish I could thank her in person for making such a stunningly heartbreaking piece of art.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Pedophilia

Minor: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

The graphic TWs are explicitly stated and detailed in the book, or are central to the plot and character personalities. If you have not had trauma from these situations, it will likely be a little hard to get through, but not unbearable because the book is written in the tone of a bedtime story for kids (it's complicated but beautiful). If you have had trauma from these graphic situations, I would suggest skipping this book, because it may be a bit much. The minor TWs are only very lightly inferred/mentioned, proceed with caution.