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helenephoebe 's review for:
Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel
by Ruth Hogan
I really enjoyed this book more and more as I got into it. I found the beginning a little slow, but soon got into it and would really give it 4.5 stars out of 5. I nominated this as our book club read for June 2021 as I had it sitting on my shelf and really wanted to read it. I'm glad I did.
The narrative comes in the form of alternative perspectives from the young Tilly and the adult Tilda, so we see what Tilda is remembering and discovering from when she was Tilly. The way Tilda deals with her anxiety by lighting and extinguishing matches shows her real weaknesses and through the story we see how this happened to her.
The book kept me gripped until the end. Hogan has a way of describing people and places that means you can visualise them quite easily without having to try, which is lovely to be able to do and almost makes it like a film in front of your eyes. I did want more of the Paradise Hotel and Queenie, as I loved that section, but I understand why this was as it was.
There was this arc across the book of Tilly being unhappy then incredibly happy and then unhappy again, and we see the adult Tilda trying to come to terms and understand this. I really understand Tilda's mentality and what she goes through so I felt I could really relate to this. I really want to read more by Ruth Hogan, as this is the first of her books I've read.
The narrative comes in the form of alternative perspectives from the young Tilly and the adult Tilda, so we see what Tilda is remembering and discovering from when she was Tilly. The way Tilda deals with her anxiety by lighting and extinguishing matches shows her real weaknesses and through the story we see how this happened to her.
The book kept me gripped until the end. Hogan has a way of describing people and places that means you can visualise them quite easily without having to try, which is lovely to be able to do and almost makes it like a film in front of your eyes. I did want more of the Paradise Hotel and Queenie, as I loved that section, but I understand why this was as it was.
There was this arc across the book of Tilly being unhappy then incredibly happy and then unhappy again, and we see the adult Tilda trying to come to terms and understand this. I really understand Tilda's mentality and what she goes through so I felt I could really relate to this. I really want to read more by Ruth Hogan, as this is the first of her books I've read.