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Das Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving, Hans Hermann

11 reviews

chiaralt's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring relaxing slow-paced

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

4.0

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astridrv's review against another edition

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This was a strange one, John! As always, there is a lot of heart in Irving's novels - and here too, I felt care for and cared by this family. This time however, their repeated mantras were a bit overdone. As always, there are his recurring themes around sexuality, too: prostitution, age gaps, sexual violence, rape, incest. Regarding the latter, I just can't. Brother-sister incest is a huge part of this book, and I can't really articulate a more complex opinion than: I can't. I loved Suzie, I loved the ending, I loved many passages, but I can't say I loved this book.

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cashleigh98's review against another edition

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This book is long and excruciatingly boring. I only managed 60 pages of the cramped words and blatant incest before I had to just say ‘fuck it’ and quit.

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liskrmr's review against another edition

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challenging slow-paced

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

0.25

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frogqueen's review against another edition

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emotional funny sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

i just love everything about john irving's writing
the scope! the wacky-but-lovable characters! the bears!
this one in particular really resonated with me on a personal level in a few different ways
made me cry many many times!
i think if i have any complaints it's just that after having read a few of his other works, some of the ivring-tropes can feel repetitive (bears, vienna, teacher's kid at a new england prep school, wrestling/lifting)
at the beginning i thought it was going to be more of a problem than it was tho and it didn't wind up bothering me

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kari161's review against another edition

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2.0

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gracklefan's review against another edition

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challenging dark reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

StoryGraph is asking me if I'd like to add any content warnings for this book and I honestly don't know where to start.

I thought The Hotel New Hampshire was difficult to get through in parts and I wouldn't say that it's aged well, but overall, I enjoyed it. I though characters were engaging and they felt alive, but I found that the ending was a little unsatisfying and anticlimactic. I felt the same way about A Prayer for Owen Meaney as well, so maybe John Irving's structure just doesn't do it for me. Overall though, I enjoyed it!

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