Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Lonely Hearts Hotel by Heather O'Neill

12 reviews

fionab_16's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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? Yes

5.0

Pierrot and Rose’s tragic love story might just end up being one of my favourites ever. 
Heather O’Neill’s writing is beautiful she can describe the most mundane, everyday things in such a way to make them seem magical.
I have seen marketing comparing this novel to The Night Circus, I think if you go into this story expecting another Night Circus you will be disappointed. This story is much grittier. Whereas the Night Circus is Fantasy, The Lonely Hearts Hotel is Magical Realism. The circus created here is not conjured up by magic but by hard work sacrifice and financed by organised crime. This story won’t be for everyone and there are a lot of trigger warnings.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug use, Abandonment, and Miscarriage

lorinoel's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment and Child death

isabellew27's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Abandonment, Rape, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Miscarriage, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Alcohol, Classism, Animal cruelty, and Child death

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

kirstenf's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Rape, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Classism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Pregnancy, Grief, Abandonment, Murder, Emotional abuse, Child death, Alcohol, and Violence

Minor: War, Domestic abuse, and Infidelity

otherwisepassenger's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, and Drug use

Moderate: Sexual content, Abandonment, and Toxic relationship

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

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

clarapaquerette's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Grief and Sexual violence