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A review by pagesplotsandpints
The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami
2.0
Read Completed 3/14/25 | 2 stars | Book #34 of 2025
This was BOOOORING. I thought it would be a little slower than say, a sci-fi thriller, but it was not a thriller. Which is fine! But if it was supposed to character-driven, the characters were just as dull as the plot. There wasn't enough development for me to care about anyone and every concept that was happening took multiple, long chapters to play out.
By the time it got to something interesting at 50%, I was already so checked out that I just didn't care. But then it still didn't even get interesting from there!! I finally skimmed my way through the last chapters because I just couldn't take it anymore.
I can see the appeal this has if you're into it but I just wasn't. Bad time for me at the very least, but this just wasn't what I was hoping for.
This was BOOOORING. I thought it would be a little slower than say, a sci-fi thriller, but it was not a thriller. Which is fine! But if it was supposed to character-driven, the characters were just as dull as the plot. There wasn't enough development for me to care about anyone and every concept that was happening took multiple, long chapters to play out.
By the time it got to something interesting at 50%, I was already so checked out that I just didn't care. But then it still didn't even get interesting from there!! I finally skimmed my way through the last chapters because I just couldn't take it anymore.
I can see the appeal this has if you're into it but I just wasn't. Bad time for me at the very least, but this just wasn't what I was hoping for.