|
|
| Plot Summary of Hotel World |
|---|
"This is a beautiful novel told by five women, one of whom is dead. "
michali, Resident Scholar
|
"A funny, sad, romantic fable narrated by five women - one of whom is already dead - concerning a hotel in an unnamed English city. They work, live, survive in the hotel and its environs and come into contact with each other as the novel progresses."
Colin Brush, Resident Scholar
|
|
| Review Analysis of Hotel World |
|---|
|
Our unique search engine provides a wealth of detail about books by breaking them down into many different literary elements, all of which are searchable (click here).
|
|
Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- thoughtful
Time/era of story
- 1980's-1999
Life of a profession:
- clerk
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Loss of...
- brother/sisters
Job/Profession/Status story
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- servant
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
- physically sick
Main Adversary
Identity:
- none
- society
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 3 ()
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
City?
Yes
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
- rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
- explicit references to deaths
Unusual Style:
- a lot of play on words
- a lot of flashback and forwards
- a lot of stream of consciousness
- No single main character?
Amount of dialog
- little dialog
|
|
|
Click here for more information about this book
Note: the views expressed here are only those of the reviewer(s). | |
Use our site!
17 FREE Sci-Fi Ebooks!
FREE "How to be happy" Ebook!
Feedback
Most recent discussions:
General Book Talk
Book writing discussion
Off-topic message board
Norah Lofts
12:50:53 AM
Suzanne Weyn
4:47:34 PM
Wilma Counts
1:23:32 PM
George W. Bush
5:33:46 PM
Kin Platt
12:58:29 AM
Anonymous
12:47:34 PM
Lilian Jackson Braun
10:05:52 PM
Jane Rubino
10:04:38 PM
LaVyrle Spencer
10:04:00 PM
G.A. McKevett
10:03:31 PM
David Williams
10:03:01 PM
Steven Pressfield
10:02:30 PM
Jeanette Walls
10:00:19 PM
Darryl Ponicsan
9:59:27 PM
Ann Rinaldi
9:58:30 PM
R.L. Stine
9:57:34 PM
Geoffrey Huntington
9:57:14 PM
Betty Mahmoody
9:56:38 PM
Deric Longden
9:56:11 PM
Mary Downing Hahn
9:55:48 PM
More message boards
|
