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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
dark
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
funny
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty
medium-paced
This book is centered around a village hotel in Ireland in 1919, when the fight for independence started to escalate. For a big part of the book that fight is somehow on the background, just sparkling certain aspects here and there: a comment about a catholic negatively, a newspaper clipping of the Indian fight for independence, a mention of the revolutionaries. But by the end, the hotel becomes more and more involved in the troubles.
The tone of the book is not funny, but humorous. It tries to bring the troubles into the everyday life, almost trivialize them. It was well done. However, personally I found that at times the personal raffles between the people at the hotel are more prominent, while I would have preferred to focus a bit more on the political and social scene.
The tone of the book is not funny, but humorous. It tries to bring the troubles into the everyday life, almost trivialize them. It was well done. However, personally I found that at times the personal raffles between the people at the hotel are more prominent, while I would have preferred to focus a bit more on the political and social scene.
funny
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Forced to read this dreadful novel for class. And have to read the rest of this trilogy
who the hell writes the blurbs for these books. this is so bad i cannot even finish it someone with serious brian freeze must have rated this book
Maybe 4.5? Delightfully bizarre. Political, but much less so than you’d expect. Hilarious, but also kind of sad. A plot, but not too much of one. Not at all what I expected this book to be but I enjoyed it immensely.
I’ve never enjoyed a tragedy so much. The slow disintegration of both the social order and the Majestic Hotel still leave plenty of room for the wit of Mr. Farrell to run and play.
Wonderful. One of my two favourite books this year, the other one being [b:The Elephant Keeper|6015062|The Elephant Keeper|Christopher Nicholson|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1237672510s/6015062.jpg|6190348]. Read them.
This book was vivid and funny (in that tongue-in-cheek, slightly ridiculous and often depressing kind of way), and definitely in my realm of interest. It was, however, so long and the ending as unsatisfying and depressing as I expected it to be (it is an Irish novel after all), that while I expect I would get a great deal out of a reread, it will be a while before that happens.
Edit: I cannot stop thinking about this book. And the more I think about this book, the greater its hilarity, tragedy, and brilliance grow. In the shower, I suddenly understood certain characters more and why it ended as it did. 4.5/5 stars.
Edit: I cannot stop thinking about this book. And the more I think about this book, the greater its hilarity, tragedy, and brilliance grow. In the shower, I suddenly understood certain characters more and why it ended as it did. 4.5/5 stars.