A review by laurazdavidson
The Paragon Hotel by Lyndsay Faye

5.0

While the flapper slang at the beginning of the book made it difficult to get into the rhythm of things, I ended up really enjoying this book, and the language got easier too. As you get to know more and more about "Nobody" Alice James and her upbringing in (Italian) Harlem, the more her language and actions make sense. The novel twisted and turned in ways I didn't expect. A hotel full of misfits, a missing mulatto boy, love and longing, and the KKK... What a fascinating look at prejudice and discrimination in 1920s Oregon!