Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

The Lonely Hearts Hotel by Heather O'Neill

26 reviews

ekleinert's review

Too much sexual content with young children and child abuse for my taste

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Incest, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Child death, Rape, and Adult/minor relationship

avibrantmind's review

dark sad slow-paced

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

3.5

Though beautifully written, this book wasn’t for me with it’s obsession with sexual content. Starting with child abuse it set the tone, and though the characters were rightfully dealing with the fallout of a difficult childhood, it was jarring. I often felt sections didn’t add to the story but rather were there to shock the reader.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

cwolf83's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Miscarriage, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Drug use, and Rape

isabellew27's review

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

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

sarah_toast's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

0.25

Whoever compared this to starless sea and night circus were wrong. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Drug abuse

cadefritz's review

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