A review by excitedheart
The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

Sci-fi that will probably seem so quaint in 5 years when these concepts are in practice in our daily lives. This is the reason why I don't do Elf on the Shelf,  just get the public accustomed to being monitored incrementally until we can't even have peace in our sleep.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, Abandonment

Minor: Cancer