A review by ember_is_gay
The Lonely Hearts Hotel by Heather O'Neill

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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