Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel by Ruth Hogan

3 reviews

avisreadsandreads's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

There's much to love about this story, which is both laugh-out-loud funny by moments and deeply sad, but I was also disappointed in the adult part of the story. Child Tilly (and her world) enchanted me, but much of the adult Tilda parts of the book seemed more forced -- I couldn't quite suspend my disbelief enough to really enjoy them.

And the ending was terribly anticlimactic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Mental illness, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, and Abandonment

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Blood, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Transphobia

bexi's review

emotional funny mysterious reflective sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Ableism, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, and Fire/Fire injury

rory_john14's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Minor: Homophobia