A review by lisalou444
Hotel Du Lac by Anita Brookner

4.0

This was this month's book group title and most of them hated it -- now, considering I am the youngest one in the room by several decades I was surprised that there were a few of us who really did like it. It was written in the early 80s and some of the attitudes didn't translate well -- meaning that I just didn't get the reason Edith believed what the idiots who called themselves her friends said to her about "her last chance" and all that baloney with her "scandal". But it is a character based book and I am a "character" girl when it comes to my books. The main character examines what it means to be a woman -- and what she really wants and is willing to settle for in a relationship. The writing is well done, if a little bit too British for my taste, but the characters are people who you just know -- they are well drawn and familiar in a sad sort of way.