A review by snoakes7001
The Way Inn by Will Wiles

5.0

Neil Double has a job that entails attending a lot of conferences. And that means staying in a lot of chain mid-range hotels - the sort that offer the same experience no matter where you are, that spring up near airports and conference centres, that offer their own business suites and have loyalty cards. For most people this would be hell, but he loves the bland conformity, knowing that his room will be cleaned and the sheets turned down. Then, in the Way Inn he meets a woman he has seen before. Soon he is tumbling down a rabbit hole (albeit one with beige carpets, repetitive corporate art and complimentary coffee) and his world is turned inside out as he discovers the truth behind this faceless corporate paint-by-numbers hotel chain. This novel starts out as a gentle satire on the conference industry, but that's not where it ends. Peculiar in a good way, it's a great story.