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A review by gempoole
The White Hotel by D. M. Thomas
5.0
I finished this book at midnight and haven’t stopped thinking about it.
It starts off very strangely and I really didn’t know what I was getting into which I think most people experience by the looks of it. However I become so interested in Lisa’s story and helping her to uncover and process her trauma so she could go on and live happily. I really loved reading her letters with Freud and I grew to really like her.
Then chapter 5 happened and it completely took me by surprise. I should’ve known something like that was going to come up due to the time period (I’m really trying to not spoil anything). However, I have never read anything so physically painful and horrific - I think it’s going to stay with me for a while.
I think this is a very important book, D.M Thomas writes this story so interestingly and beautifully and I loved how it was sectioned out into different time periods of life and it all clicked together - it was a tough one but an important one.
It starts off very strangely and I really didn’t know what I was getting into which I think most people experience by the looks of it. However I become so interested in Lisa’s story and helping her to uncover and process her trauma so she could go on and live happily. I really loved reading her letters with Freud and I grew to really like her.
Then chapter 5 happened and it completely took me by surprise. I should’ve known something like that was going to come up due to the time period (I’m really trying to not spoil anything). However, I have never read anything so physically painful and horrific - I think it’s going to stay with me for a while.
I think this is a very important book, D.M Thomas writes this story so interestingly and beautifully and I loved how it was sectioned out into different time periods of life and it all clicked together - it was a tough one but an important one.