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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Seltsame Handlung: Leider kann ich nicht in die allgemeinen Lobbeshymnen auf dieses Buch einstimmen. Es wurde mir empfohlen, nachdem ich bereits zwei andere Irving-Bücher gelesen hatte ("Die wilde Geschichte von Wassertrinker" und "Owen Meany")und diese auch recht gut fand. Zum Hotel New Hampshire habe ich jedoch nie eine gute Beziehung bekommen und ich finde das Buch sehr schwach. Die Handlung ist seltsam, dabei weder lustig noch originell. In keine Person konnte ich mich auch nur annähernd hinein versetzen. Auch fehlt mir der rote Faden, alles verläuft sehr sprunghaft. Als die Handlung dann plötzlich irgendwie in Wien weitergeht und die Geschichte immer phantastischer wurde, habe ich mich nur noch ackselzuckend bis zum Ende durchgequält (weil ich ein Buch aus irgendwelchen Gründen immer zu Ende lesen muß, wenn ich die Hälfte schon geschafft habe). Wer mit John Irving anfängt, sollte ein anderes Buch wählen. Ich empfehle die beiden Bücher, die ich weiter oben erwähne.  r1hard | Nov 22, 2009 |  I must have read this about 20 years ago or so. I could hardly put it down! But, be warned....it's very intense and I wouldn't recommend anyone reading it when they're in a serious depression. But, I love this kind of stuff. The characters are so real and you really get into their minds. Great book! (  ) DelennDax7 | Jun 26, 2009 | I'm a huge fan of John Irving, and this is my favorite of his books. This review will contain SPOILERS. The book involves almost all of the usual Irving tropes - wrestling, hotels, New Hampshire, bears, sex and death (if he'd thrown in some dwarves, we would have had a perfect set). There are laugh-out-loud moments and cry-out-loud moments. This book essentially details the struggles of a family with a lot of children as they face some of the more difficult things you could imagine, including terrorism, gang rape and the death of a parent. The troubles they face are almost outsize, but the snide wit and perseverance the family exhibits in the face of these things is heartwarming and engaging. And beneath the somewhat overblown facade, the novel allows the reader access to the many real struggles of children forced to be the parents in a family while still young and the difficulties of wanting something you just aren't supposed to have. ( ) freddlerabbit | May 14, 2009 | Most of Irving's early novels tie together bears, hotels, and Vienna. This one does it best. A multi-generational eccentric family follows their father's dream of opening and living in a hotel with often comic, frequently disturbing, and sometimes tragic results. There is a film adaptation of this book too which is pretty good too. This is my favorite of Irving's novels. ( ) Othemts | Nov 14, 2008 | There is always something so haunting about John Irving's work in my memory. This was no exception. Possibly my favorite, I've read in countless times and each time I'm effected as deeply as the last, which to me means great work. Not everyone can connect you on a personal level with a bear, flatulence prone dog, prostitutes, radicals and a very disfunctional family, but he certainly succeeds. (  ) kassandraj | Oct 7, 2008 |  no reviews | add a review
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