A review by reads2cope
The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami

5.0

Absolutely incredible work. It was horrifying to read about the cooperation of big tech with federal police and border control and then open the news to read about more and more detentions, deportations, and increasing surveillance systems. The writing was so gripping that I often found myself confused at what I had read in the news and what I was remembering from the book. Having also read Conditional Citizens by Lalami, I expected no less!
This book will haunt me in the most useful ways, and I hope will inspire other readers to organize, oppose police states, and stand up against detention centers in their own lands.