616 reviews for:

Hotel du Lac

Anita Brookner

3.54 AVERAGE

saraib28's review

2.0

It gets better as you read it. 2.5
funny mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
reflective 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
emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
reflective sad

2017 Reading Challenge: A Book set in a Hotel. I love anything by Anita Brookner - slow paced and depth of character development. You feel like you are in the heads of the women she writes about. This is a really slow paced novel where nothing really happens...yet at the end you feel as if you have learned to know Edith as only a close friend can be known.
emotional reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Lovely and quick romp! Edith is the lonely writer inside all of us. So pleased with the ending—that really sealed the deal for me.