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3.4 AVERAGE
3.4 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A dark, cutting social satire set in a dystopian post-nuclear apocalypse. A group of the wealthy elite have escaped to the regal hotel Termush in the wake of nuclear war, using their status, money, and power to escape the radiation, starvation, destruction and certain death outside their walls. However, as the stability of Termush begins to dissolve and the outside threatens to come in, it becomes more and more clear that the goal of the hotel's guests isn't their own survival inasmuch as their separation from and status above the common people they left behind to die. Cold, brief, and haunting.
flawless nuclear holocaust dystopia, in a short, brilliant novella.
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
medium-paced
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
a curious novella from the 60s that definitely still resonates. the dry and clinical writing style just really didn't work for me, though.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Gun violence
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Not bad but very removed units narrative style and hard to engage with.
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Interesting and a bit unsettling. Reminded me a bit of John Wyndham but without the cheery, stiff upper lip vibe.
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No