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scarls17's review against another edition
4.0
Deliciously creepy. Couldn't stop reading! Great makeout scenes:)
moniquethebooklover's review against another edition
4.0
I liked this story. It was easy to read and understand what was going on. It wasn’t very scary or suspenseful but I was hooked, especially after about halfway.
booksontheknightbus's review against another edition
3.0
“Sometimes the beautiful memories are the saddest ones of all"
“In the movies there are always these poignant moments when people work out their misunderstandings, their miscommunications. But that's not real life. In real life it's hard to tell someone you don't love them anymore. It's harder to tell your father you don't know how to live another day. My grief has stolen my voice"
If you're looking for your next horror book. Look no further... you've found it. I will say that it doesn't get interesting till the last 100 pages. But it will screw with your mind in those last 100 pages. It may or may not be worth it.
Hotel for the lost is about a girl named Audrey who finds herself and her family on a road trip to live with her grandmother after a tragic accident. Her father decides that the family should stop off at a grand hotel for one night. What they don't know, is that it's incredibly haunted. Audrey is presented with two choices, those choices could affect her life permanently.
I honestly feel like this gave me nightmares. I was expecting it to be a middle grade book similar to [Remember Me: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/36248263]. It was and it wasn't. If you're looking for something with a happy ending I definitely do not recommend this. I was completely caught off guard and quite honestly I'm glad I was. I like when a books isn't always about getting that perfect ending.
“In the movies there are always these poignant moments when people work out their misunderstandings, their miscommunications. But that's not real life. In real life it's hard to tell someone you don't love them anymore. It's harder to tell your father you don't know how to live another day. My grief has stolen my voice"
At times this book was extremely confusing and the characters were lacking something. The main character was ultra messy and she annoyed me. Her brother even more so. With that being said, there were some exceptional quotes in this book and I keep having to go back to the ending. It was great. Definitely suggest this for for 7th grade and up.
maddiestar's review against another edition
4.0
The book's message was "live life to the fullest, live each day" and the book's ending was "screw that!"
This book is more like 3 1/2 stars because there were parts I truly enjoyed and parts that I didn't and my overall thoughts on this book fall somewhere in-between. It's a decent book to read and if you're into kinda romantic, thriller, creepy, haunted stories you'll probably enjoy it. I pictured the hotel as the one used in The Shining by Stanley Kubrick (Film, not the Stephen King novel...I should probably read that given The Shining is one of my top fav films). Also I kept waiting for someone to say "redrum" and "here's Johnny" chasing Audrey with an axe.
Ohmygosh, I do not know where to begin with this book! It's a good premise, with interesting characters, a good overall arc, and then the twist...then the other twist. But, seriously, this reminds me so much to the ending of The Hollow trilogy because of a spoiler and I'm not sure if I like that type of ending. I did like that certain characters weren't all that they appeared off the bat and the tone and emotions were good. I could see this make a decent movie if it should get adapted.
It reminds me a lot of the Haunted Mansion ride at Disney world. The romance does feel fast but the true love of this story is about Audrey's dedication to her dad and brother. She doesn't want the family to split up and works hard to keep it together.
You have fun with the mystery and enjoy the flirtations. You do feel some sort of pain with the flashbacks describing Audrey's mother who had passed away prior to the start of the novel. The idea of the Ruby is that the family can forget about their grief but also forget to move on. Which is why I feel conflicted in my thoughts on the ending. See Audrey's journey should be about moving forward with her life, but as it turns out, she can't, because she dies. So now there really is no moving on with her life or her character. I guess you could say that ghost Audrey can have adventures and continue moving on but now she is just a victim of the Ruby itself.
It's kind of like the ending of The Shining with Jack being stuck there while his wife and son get to move on. I half expected the book to end with a paragraph describing that Audrey was there the night of the original fire.
"You've always been the caretaker" - The Shining
While the book ends on a "happy note" there are potential problems. What if Elias and Audrey don't work out in the long run of their relationship? There still ghosts and forced to see each other forever. I bet that could be pretty awkward if they were to break up. I'm assuming they're not and that they're true love but I'm just bringing up questions here. Also, the family is together minus the mom. So they'd have to be there forever without moving on from the mother's death because she's dead too but she can't be with them?
Also I feel for grandmother. She'll probably get a phone call two hours after the book has ended letting her know the fate of her dear family.
Lastly, I wouldn't have my conflicted feelings with the ending if the book didn't try to force the idea of living your life and it being ok to move on because the ending of the book is like no, you don't have to move on. The ruby itself is supposed to metaphorically represent denial and grief. It's supposed to be that state Bella was in back in New Moon, you remember when she was like this zombie after Edward Cullen left, and everyone kind of asked "why would anyone go into a half-coma because your boyfriend left you?"
The message the book seemed to presenting was that you find your way out of that state. I do get that it's hard to leave her brother and father but they were physically dead already. Nothing she really could've done to rescue them, I don't think. But like I said, the ending does provide a sort of Happily Ever After, and I can't begrudge it for that. Especially with most of the novel surrounding a sad theme.
Check it out for yourself. I personally would recommend it to anyone who loves a mystery and ghost story.
This book is more like 3 1/2 stars because there were parts I truly enjoyed and parts that I didn't and my overall thoughts on this book fall somewhere in-between. It's a decent book to read and if you're into kinda romantic, thriller, creepy, haunted stories you'll probably enjoy it. I pictured the hotel as the one used in The Shining by Stanley Kubrick (Film, not the Stephen King novel...I should probably read that given The Shining is one of my top fav films). Also I kept waiting for someone to say "redrum" and "here's Johnny" chasing Audrey with an axe.
Ohmygosh, I do not know where to begin with this book! It's a good premise, with interesting characters, a good overall arc, and then the twist...then the other twist. But, seriously, this reminds me so much to the ending of The Hollow trilogy because of a spoiler and I'm not sure if I like that type of ending. I did like that certain characters weren't all that they appeared off the bat and the tone and emotions were good. I could see this make a decent movie if it should get adapted.
It reminds me a lot of the Haunted Mansion ride at Disney world. The romance does feel fast but the true love of this story is about Audrey's dedication to her dad and brother. She doesn't want the family to split up and works hard to keep it together.
You have fun with the mystery and enjoy the flirtations. You do feel some sort of pain with the flashbacks describing Audrey's mother who had passed away prior to the start of the novel. The idea of the Ruby is that the family can forget about their grief but also forget to move on. Which is why I feel conflicted in my thoughts on the ending. See Audrey's journey should be about moving forward with her life, but as it turns out, she can't, because she dies. So now there really is no moving on with her life or her character. I guess you could say that ghost Audrey can have adventures and continue moving on but now she is just a victim of the Ruby itself.
It's kind of like the ending of The Shining with Jack being stuck there while his wife and son get to move on. I half expected the book to end with a paragraph describing that Audrey was there the night of the original fire.
"You've always been the caretaker" - The Shining
While the book ends on a "happy note" there are potential problems. What if Elias and Audrey don't work out in the long run of their relationship? There still ghosts and forced to see each other forever. I bet that could be pretty awkward if they were to break up. I'm assuming they're not and that they're true love but I'm just bringing up questions here. Also, the family is together minus the mom. So they'd have to be there forever without moving on from the mother's death because she's dead too but she can't be with them?
Also I feel for grandmother. She'll probably get a phone call two hours after the book has ended letting her know the fate of her dear family.
Lastly, I wouldn't have my conflicted feelings with the ending if the book didn't try to force the idea of living your life and it being ok to move on because the ending of the book is like no, you don't have to move on. The ruby itself is supposed to metaphorically represent denial and grief. It's supposed to be that state Bella was in back in New Moon, you remember when she was like this zombie after Edward Cullen left, and everyone kind of asked "why would anyone go into a half-coma because your boyfriend left you?"
The message the book seemed to presenting was that you find your way out of that state. I do get that it's hard to leave her brother and father but they were physically dead already. Nothing she really could've done to rescue them, I don't think. But like I said, the ending does provide a sort of Happily Ever After, and I can't begrudge it for that. Especially with most of the novel surrounding a sad theme.
Check it out for yourself. I personally would recommend it to anyone who loves a mystery and ghost story.
unielesta's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
bookbelle90's review against another edition
1.0
This book had potential to be great. A hotel that decides who is trapped there or who gets to go free and is known for the ghosts that supposedly haunt it. Unfortunately, it didn’t live up to its potential. I found the story to be boring and some parts of it seemed to drag on.
gabyreadsalot's review against another edition
4.0
Hotel For The Lost(or Hotel Ruby if you will) follows the story about this girl named Audrey who finds herself staying at the Hotel Ruby. This intoxicating and creepy hotel comes fully-stocked with handsome love-interests like Elias Lange, invitation-only parties, a creepy past, and a few too many secrets. As she learns more about this interesting hotel she has to make some serious life or decisions(no pun intended)
This book had a lot more depth than I originally thought it would. The whole grieving mother plot-line did not seem like it was only something to move the overlying story arch along, but added a lot of depth to the characters and was done quite realistically. Each of the members of the family grieved differently and it added something more to each of their developed characteristics. At the beginning of the story it felt very overly heavy but as the story progressed I found that important as it was engrained in our brains that many of the actions of the characters were made in a grief-lead mindset rather than clear mindset. The contemporary aspect of this book gave a very unexpected depth to this story and I surprisingly loved it
This book is strange for me to review as my heart is telling me to give it 5/5 stars, but my head is telling me 4/5 stars. This would make me assume that this book would be a guilty pleasure novel, but this book isn’t that enjoyable? Sure it’s fun and creepy and was cool to read, but it took me quite a while to finish and doesn’t stand out to me. I had a few problems with the ending. The plot twist was quite predictable, and from other reviews that I’ve read I’m not the only one who thought that. In this really creepy book that aspect of the novel felt somewhat underwhelming. Audrey also has this huge dilemma in the novel that I still feel conflicted that she didn’t choose the other option(even though it was pretty much end-game that she would choose the path she did). If you look at this one paragraph you’d probs be like “oh, she rated this maybe like a 3,4 stars, but I WANT TO GIVE IT A FIVE. I FEEL SO CONFLICTED.
Anway. Hotel For The Lost was a highly enjoyable story. It’s creepy, fun and though it is not without flaws it’s definitely a book I love and will remember.
This book had a lot more depth than I originally thought it would. The whole grieving mother plot-line did not seem like it was only something to move the overlying story arch along, but added a lot of depth to the characters and was done quite realistically. Each of the members of the family grieved differently and it added something more to each of their developed characteristics. At the beginning of the story it felt very overly heavy but as the story progressed I found that important as it was engrained in our brains that many of the actions of the characters were made in a grief-lead mindset rather than clear mindset. The contemporary aspect of this book gave a very unexpected depth to this story and I surprisingly loved it
This book is strange for me to review as my heart is telling me to give it 5/5 stars, but my head is telling me 4/5 stars. This would make me assume that this book would be a guilty pleasure novel, but this book isn’t that enjoyable? Sure it’s fun and creepy and was cool to read, but it took me quite a while to finish and doesn’t stand out to me. I had a few problems with the ending. The plot twist was quite predictable, and from other reviews that I’ve read I’m not the only one who thought that. In this really creepy book that aspect of the novel felt somewhat underwhelming. Audrey also has this huge dilemma in the novel that I still feel conflicted that she didn’t choose the other option(even though it was pretty much end-game that she would choose the path she did). If you look at this one paragraph you’d probs be like “oh, she rated this maybe like a 3,4 stars, but I WANT TO GIVE IT A FIVE. I FEEL SO CONFLICTED.
Anway. Hotel For The Lost was a highly enjoyable story. It’s creepy, fun and though it is not without flaws it’s definitely a book I love and will remember.
lacyduckie's review against another edition
3.0
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Hotel Ruby is a good spooky read for Halloween. 🎃📚
Hotel Ruby is a good spooky read for Halloween. 🎃📚
knotsorry's review against another edition
3.0
More of a 3.5. I didn't really like the way it wrapped up. I feel like it didn't fit with the mood of the rest of the book.