Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving

4 reviews

kleine_e's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Death, Incest, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Ableism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Abortion, and Toxic friendship

tuendemieke's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

0.25

This was just Bad. And needs a Trigger warning

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Incest, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, and Sexual harassment

astridrv's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Homophobia, Incest, Rape, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Grief

earth's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.0

The author is hilarious. His rhythm of dialogue and narration with the characters he builds is so great. Even the deaths are funny. 

However, this book is far far far too outdated to even be palatable for modern sensitivities. Just read The World According to Garp instead. It’s all the best parts of this book with none of the rape, fatphobia, racism, ableism, homophobia, etc. 

I got about halfway through before i had to put this down. Would not recommend 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Rape

Moderate: Ableism, Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Racial slurs