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mwinters__'s review against another edition
4.0
Ali Smith's standing among my very favorite contemporary fiction writers further solidifies. She's truly, remarkably singular in her work's ability to combine radical stylistic experimentalism, postmodern narrative approaches, and a persistent centering of old-fashioned ideas like love and beauty. There are so very, very few books like this one: books at once both dazzlingly avant-garde and tenderly, quite movingly, rich with life and humanity.
knitreadlife's review
5.0
Ali Smith is one of the most wonderful wordsmtihs ever. In this magical and deceptively slight book, she weave together the lives of women who have all been affected by a great tragedy. her focus is on the everyday consequences and results of death and pain and love, which she observes with precision and great empathy. The structure of the book invites you at its end to go back to the start, and indeed I did to close out my experience of this Hotel World where it began. Magnificent.
zavatskajam's review against another edition
emotional
fast-paced
5.0
A book that will make you want to live
deedeebbomb's review against another edition
1.0
Started it, hated it, couldn't read it. Just not for me.
hotbox420's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
I love you Ali Smith. You will never miss...
jonfaith's review against another edition
4.0
Bought this at the Strand on my heartbreak tour of NYC 2002. I enjoyed the fluid presence, the floating questions of motive, most of which were left unanswered. There is something spectral about these damaged souls. While walking in London eight months later, I found myself glimpsing those souls' reflections.
hennershenners's review against another edition
4.0
Wonderful! played Ali Smith bingo: ghosts - check! young adult - check! bereavement - check! irritating middle class character - check! idiotic bureaucracy - check! parent issues - check! social comment - check! dismembered body parts - check! classic literature reference - check!
So good, so, so good I was prompted to buy a sandwich for a street sleeper
So good, so, so good I was prompted to buy a sandwich for a street sleeper
camm_'s review against another edition
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0