Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Das Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving

11 reviews

chiaralt's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Incest, and Rape

Moderate: Gun violence, Death of parent, Antisemitism, Suicide, and Child death

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

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

livlivlivliv's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

frogqueen's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Incest, Death of parent, and Child death

kari161's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Incest

Minor: Death of parent, Child death, and Violence

gracklefan's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Incest

Moderate: Violence and Suicide

b_bb's review against another edition

slow-paced

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Incest, Rape, Racial slurs, and Suicide

carmelita's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Incest

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: Rape and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Homophobia, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, and Ableism

hauke's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racial slurs, and Incest

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship