A review by mikolee
The Lady Matador's Hotel by Cristina García

3.0

I picked this book up because the premise (unnamed Central American hotel with a mix of diverse people) reminded me of one of my favorite books Bel Canto. While it was nothing like Ann Patchetts great allegory about culture, it was still entertaining. I like Gracias quirky characters and particularly her strong and sometimes repellent women. A few days in a hotel and we meet a former warlord, a revolutionary and her ghost brother, an exiled Cuban poet, a sleazy international adoption lawyer, a Korean textile owner, and a regal hapa (Japanese, Mexican) lady matador from which the title is derived. Their stories intertwine and don't.

I was puzzled by the mysterious ending. I wanted more.