Reviews

The Hotel by Elizabeth Bowen

about_wind_and_willows's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

selrae1982's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny lighthearted reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

katieswildreads's review

funny inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.5

rmjohnson's review

challenging funny lighthearted reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

hardcoverhearts's review against another edition

challenging funny tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

ros_scallydandler's review

dark funny lighthearted reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Bowen's beautifully polished style and sharp eye for human behaviour are already evident in this first novel.

dalhausen's review against another edition

3.0

I suppose it was the shock of being alive-- oh, how can I explain to you? I had had no idea we were as real as this. I'd never realized it mattered so much.

This and many other realizations about the nature of life and relationships slip into the text unexpectedly through Sydney and Mr. Milton, the principle characters, who seem on a tenuous trajectory to another world sans momentum. Another work of brilliant understatement, "economy of language," and acute insight to the subtlest shades of movement within the heart, The Hotel shows that Bowen was a master of her craft from the beginning.

naraya's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

john_bizzell's review

lighthearted reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

sagewaldorf's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0