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The Last Checkout
Nobody leaves a Last Resort alive…
The Last Checkout is acclaimed screenwriter Peter Besson’s multiple award-winning dystopian fiction novel that immerses readers into a delightfully disturbing urban wasteland in the year 2031. Scientists have declared reincarnation reality, and legally sanctioned death houses have sprouted up like mushrooms in overcrowded, pollution-choked cities. Those so-called ‘Last Resorts’ provide the paying guest with the tools for a successful exit from life, with only one simple rule - once a customer is checked in, the check-out is feet-first only.
Ansel Grayson has been a resident at the Hotel Terminus for 12 years, unable to take the final step. On the day he finally works up the nerve to check out, he’s interrupted by the most recent addition to the guest list. Ansel and Nikki, broken by life and with their final check-outs looming, find themselves drawn into each other’s orbits and trying to discover a reason to live, certain they will have to die.
Last Checkout is a powerhouse debut literary fiction novel, with distinct flavors of Orwellian despair, black humor, and dark romance. In a dying world of governmental oppression and environmental decay, could a growing ember of love between a man and a woman sentenced to death really be allowed to ignite?
“Set in a future that our own time resembles too closely, this beautifully written story is a philosophical treatise on human despair. What are our options? Drugs? Sex? Booze? Suicide? No. In the end it is love. This is literature of the highest order.” - James Williams, Ph.D.
242 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 20, 2017
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February 23, 2018
A deftly woven, well thought out, impactful and thoroughly enjoyable book.
A dystopian future, overpopulation, climate chaos and loss of hope, all led to the creation of the Hotel Terminus and its like.
As one always interested in the concept of voluntary euthanasia, this book's premise made it a definite no-brainer for me to pick up, read, and review.
It's a dark and often depressing subject, but Besson has crafted a compelling, intriguing story and manages to deftly avoid it become bleak or bereft of uplifting emotion.
The characters are vibrant, if somewhat broken, and the journey of the two central Hotel guests, Ansel and Nikki, was indeed an interesting one.
Besson is gifted wordsmith and an incredibly adept storyteller and I'm hoping this is just the first of many books to come.
I received this as an e-ARC and chose to write a review.
A dystopian future, overpopulation, climate chaos and loss of hope, all led to the creation of the Hotel Terminus and its like.
As one always interested in the concept of voluntary euthanasia, this book's premise made it a definite no-brainer for me to pick up, read, and review.
It's a dark and often depressing subject, but Besson has crafted a compelling, intriguing story and manages to deftly avoid it become bleak or bereft of uplifting emotion.
The characters are vibrant, if somewhat broken, and the journey of the two central Hotel guests, Ansel and Nikki, was indeed an interesting one.
Besson is gifted wordsmith and an incredibly adept storyteller and I'm hoping this is just the first of many books to come.
I received this as an e-ARC and chose to write a review.
December 30, 2024
Setting: USA; dystopian future (c. 2031).
In a world ravaged by climate change, wide areas of the globe have been rendered uninhabitable and the world's population has been forced into increasingly-restricted areas. This has led to governments authorising people to commit suicide and a chain of hotels, called 'Last Resorts', have been set up to enable people to obtain release by whichever way people deem fit. However, just like the 'Hotel California', people entering these hotels are not allowed to check out except as a corpse.
In one such 'Last Resort', known as the Terminus Hotel, Ansel Grayson has been resident for 12 years, never quite reaching the point where he is ready to take the final step into oblivion. Finally, Ansel reaches the point where he has decided to finally check-out. But just as he is about to take that step, he meets the latest 'check-in', a young woman called Nikki Forlan. Surprising to both Ansel and Nikki, these two broken people find solace in each other's company - and are soon wondering if there is any way they can circumvent the system and leave the Terminus Hotel alive. But the system does not allow for that and certainly the manager of the Terminus Hotel is determined that it will not happen on his watch....
This is apparently a debut novel but you wouldn't know it from this accomplished piece of work. Well-written with great characters and a quite unique and intriguing plot and storyline, I found this a thoroughly engrossing read. I was hoping for some sort of redemptive ending for Nikki and Ansel but was concerned that perhaps there would not be. But I'm not going to spoil anything by saying if it was a happy ending or not - you will just have to read it and find out for yourselves! - 8.5/10.
In a world ravaged by climate change, wide areas of the globe have been rendered uninhabitable and the world's population has been forced into increasingly-restricted areas. This has led to governments authorising people to commit suicide and a chain of hotels, called 'Last Resorts', have been set up to enable people to obtain release by whichever way people deem fit. However, just like the 'Hotel California', people entering these hotels are not allowed to check out except as a corpse.
In one such 'Last Resort', known as the Terminus Hotel, Ansel Grayson has been resident for 12 years, never quite reaching the point where he is ready to take the final step into oblivion. Finally, Ansel reaches the point where he has decided to finally check-out. But just as he is about to take that step, he meets the latest 'check-in', a young woman called Nikki Forlan. Surprising to both Ansel and Nikki, these two broken people find solace in each other's company - and are soon wondering if there is any way they can circumvent the system and leave the Terminus Hotel alive. But the system does not allow for that and certainly the manager of the Terminus Hotel is determined that it will not happen on his watch....
This is apparently a debut novel but you wouldn't know it from this accomplished piece of work. Well-written with great characters and a quite unique and intriguing plot and storyline, I found this a thoroughly engrossing read. I was hoping for some sort of redemptive ending for Nikki and Ansel but was concerned that perhaps there would not be. But I'm not going to spoil anything by saying if it was a happy ending or not - you will just have to read it and find out for yourselves! - 8.5/10.
July 16, 2018
I’m probably one of the few people who liked the 1998 movie What Dreams May Come. After reading the description of The Last Checkout, it was the reason I accepted to do the review. What Dreams May Come was a beautiful visual interpretation of the book by the same name, exploring the idea of loving someone so much that you would literally go to hell to pull them out, because heaven wouldn’t be heaven without them. I cried like a baby while Chris pleaded with his wife Annie, who put herself in hell by committing suicide, to come back with him. She has the freedom to leave but cannot get past her own tortured thinking. The movie is thick with symbolism and imagination, travels through darkness, but doesn’t linger there unbearably long, and ultimately has a bright, happy ending. No question it’s an emotional road. Definitely not a light date night movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=508om...
So I thought I was mentally prepared for The Last Checkout. It is dark and heavy, more of both than I think I was expecting. The description makes it sound much more optimistic than it is. The greatest act of love in this book feels more like a stunt than a grand gesture. The biggest contributor to that feeling of heaviness is that nearly all the characters in the book are suicidal—that is why they’re at the Hotel Terminus. They’ve come there to die, to commit suicide, including the two main characters. The thing they share, that binds them together, at least initially, isn’t love, it’s a death wish. Sort of the opposite of What Dreams May Come. Besson has clearly done his homework. There is a great deal of thought and mental processing throughout the book. I doubt the average reader has done this much thinking about the realities of life and death or the fragility of the human body.
The writing is very good, almost poetic at times, which made it hard to turn off, but, for me, the gloom and doom of the first half of the book made it necessary. In that sense it reminds me of Jacob I Have Loved which was also really well written, but so depressing I would never recommend it to the teen audience for which it was written. Adults readers of The Last Checkout can certainly pace themselves, but the writing wants to draw you in, make you a resident of the Hotel Terminus too. The reader is nearly fifty-percent into the story before there is a glimmer of light. By then I wasn’t sure I cared anymore. Besson did such a good job of convincing me that they were going to die, I didn’t want to keep going. In fact, despite the number of explicit romances I’ve read, this was the first time I felt like I was an intruder, looking in on something so intimate that I had no business being there. I’m not sure how to rate this book. It is well written, the story is thoughtful, complete, and original. I honestly can’t fault it, I just wouldn’t have chosen to read it. It will appeal to a very specific type of reader. Proceed with caution.
The narrator has a deep, gravelly voice that fits this dark piece. His voice is clear and easy to understand, but I think his performance took a dark story and made it feel darker. He does not perform voices, but rather narrates the story with emphasis. I wonder how I would have felt about the story if the narrator had been a woman.
My Ratings:
Story: C-
Writing: A
Narrator/s: A-
Overall: B-
Read this review and more at That's What I'm Talking About: http://twimom227.com/2018/07/listen-u...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=508om...
So I thought I was mentally prepared for The Last Checkout. It is dark and heavy, more of both than I think I was expecting. The description makes it sound much more optimistic than it is. The greatest act of love in this book feels more like a stunt than a grand gesture. The biggest contributor to that feeling of heaviness is that nearly all the characters in the book are suicidal—that is why they’re at the Hotel Terminus. They’ve come there to die, to commit suicide, including the two main characters. The thing they share, that binds them together, at least initially, isn’t love, it’s a death wish. Sort of the opposite of What Dreams May Come. Besson has clearly done his homework. There is a great deal of thought and mental processing throughout the book. I doubt the average reader has done this much thinking about the realities of life and death or the fragility of the human body.
The writing is very good, almost poetic at times, which made it hard to turn off, but, for me, the gloom and doom of the first half of the book made it necessary. In that sense it reminds me of Jacob I Have Loved which was also really well written, but so depressing I would never recommend it to the teen audience for which it was written. Adults readers of The Last Checkout can certainly pace themselves, but the writing wants to draw you in, make you a resident of the Hotel Terminus too. The reader is nearly fifty-percent into the story before there is a glimmer of light. By then I wasn’t sure I cared anymore. Besson did such a good job of convincing me that they were going to die, I didn’t want to keep going. In fact, despite the number of explicit romances I’ve read, this was the first time I felt like I was an intruder, looking in on something so intimate that I had no business being there. I’m not sure how to rate this book. It is well written, the story is thoughtful, complete, and original. I honestly can’t fault it, I just wouldn’t have chosen to read it. It will appeal to a very specific type of reader. Proceed with caution.
The narrator has a deep, gravelly voice that fits this dark piece. His voice is clear and easy to understand, but I think his performance took a dark story and made it feel darker. He does not perform voices, but rather narrates the story with emphasis. I wonder how I would have felt about the story if the narrator had been a woman.
My Ratings:
Story: C-
Writing: A
Narrator/s: A-
Overall: B-
Read this review and more at That's What I'm Talking About: http://twimom227.com/2018/07/listen-u...
April 22, 2018
Brilliant
Set in a future that our own time resembles too closely, this beautifully written story is a philosophical treatise on human despair. What are our options? Drugs? Sex? Booze? Suicide? No. In the end it is love. This is literature of the highest order. I highly recommend.
Set in a future that our own time resembles too closely, this beautifully written story is a philosophical treatise on human despair. What are our options? Drugs? Sex? Booze? Suicide? No. In the end it is love. This is literature of the highest order. I highly recommend.
June 14, 2018
A Review of the Audiobook
Published by Peter Besson, Inc.
Read by Conner Goff
Duration: 7 hours, 7 minutes.
Unabridged.
In the near future the population of the world has reached the breaking point and climate change has made it all the harder to feed everyone. Throw in a near-continuous state of war and a collapsing economy and you might understand why some people would want to go and kill themselves before someone else gets around to doing it.
So many people were killing themselves that a niche industry formed - suicide hotels designed to deal specifically with the needs of those that want to kill themselves. They are called "Last Resorts" and have any number of conveniences for those that are determined to "check out" of this life, such as handguns, poisons, drugs for overdosing and convenient places to throw oneself off of the roof without harming passersby. The only real rule is that once you check in, you cannot check out alive. You can stay as long as you'd like, so long as you have the funds. Also, if you change your mind, you will be killed by a professional assassin. No one gets out alive.
Ansel Grayson has lived in a Last Resort for 12 years. He and a few other long term residents have watched hundreds of people check in and leave via the morgue in the basement of the hotel. For 12 years, Grayson has tried to work up the courage to finally kill himself and on the day he truly works up the nerve, he gets interrupted by a new female resident who is determined to kill herself as soon as possible. It's love at first sight for Grayson and suddenly he has found a reason to live...
Read more at: http://dwdsreviews.blogspot.com/2018/...
Published by Peter Besson, Inc.
Read by Conner Goff
Duration: 7 hours, 7 minutes.
Unabridged.
In the near future the population of the world has reached the breaking point and climate change has made it all the harder to feed everyone. Throw in a near-continuous state of war and a collapsing economy and you might understand why some people would want to go and kill themselves before someone else gets around to doing it.
So many people were killing themselves that a niche industry formed - suicide hotels designed to deal specifically with the needs of those that want to kill themselves. They are called "Last Resorts" and have any number of conveniences for those that are determined to "check out" of this life, such as handguns, poisons, drugs for overdosing and convenient places to throw oneself off of the roof without harming passersby. The only real rule is that once you check in, you cannot check out alive. You can stay as long as you'd like, so long as you have the funds. Also, if you change your mind, you will be killed by a professional assassin. No one gets out alive.
Ansel Grayson has lived in a Last Resort for 12 years. He and a few other long term residents have watched hundreds of people check in and leave via the morgue in the basement of the hotel. For 12 years, Grayson has tried to work up the courage to finally kill himself and on the day he truly works up the nerve, he gets interrupted by a new female resident who is determined to kill herself as soon as possible. It's love at first sight for Grayson and suddenly he has found a reason to live...
Read more at: http://dwdsreviews.blogspot.com/2018/...
February 13, 2018
Hotel California🏨 , The Living End💀
Dystopian, depressing read📖, about a world🌍 that is a lost cause. It's a world🌍 in constant war, constant pollution, constant heat from the destruction of nature and natural habitats. Parts of the world🌍 are completely flooded🌊, other places turned into endless desert🌵.
Governments sanction Last Resorts, hotels🏨 where the depressed and hopeless can go to end it all. Once a person checks in, they cannot leave, except in a body bag.
I didn't like the first part of this book📑. It's shocking and disgusting. There are many truly morbid ways one can kill oneself. GROSS!
Our hero, Ansel, comes to Hotel Terminus🏢, one of these Last Resorts, but he is still there after twelve long boring years. He just can't bring himself to end it all.
Read📖 at your own risk. This book📑 is oppressively depressing, but at the same time compelling, interesting and well written.
The Author obviously spent a great deal of time thinking about this whole dystopian scenario and the consequences of a dying 🌎world with too great a population to be sustainable.
The story draws the reader📖 in like a slow motion train🚂🚃🚃🚃 wreck. It's horrible, but you can't look away.
Believe it or not, this dam* book📑 still has a happy ending!
ARC Provided to me by HG for a Voluntary and Honest Review.
I also bought the book📑 with KU.
Dystopian, depressing read📖, about a world🌍 that is a lost cause. It's a world🌍 in constant war, constant pollution, constant heat from the destruction of nature and natural habitats. Parts of the world🌍 are completely flooded🌊, other places turned into endless desert🌵.
Governments sanction Last Resorts, hotels🏨 where the depressed and hopeless can go to end it all. Once a person checks in, they cannot leave, except in a body bag.
I didn't like the first part of this book📑. It's shocking and disgusting. There are many truly morbid ways one can kill oneself. GROSS!
Our hero, Ansel, comes to Hotel Terminus🏢, one of these Last Resorts, but he is still there after twelve long boring years. He just can't bring himself to end it all.
Read📖 at your own risk. This book📑 is oppressively depressing, but at the same time compelling, interesting and well written.
The Author obviously spent a great deal of time thinking about this whole dystopian scenario and the consequences of a dying 🌎world with too great a population to be sustainable.
The story draws the reader📖 in like a slow motion train🚂🚃🚃🚃 wreck. It's horrible, but you can't look away.
Believe it or not, this dam* book📑 still has a happy ending!
ARC Provided to me by HG for a Voluntary and Honest Review.
I also bought the book📑 with KU.
November 23, 2020
A tender and insightful look at suicide and grief and loss.
In the near future, the Earth is destroyed, the climate irrevocably changed and the world population ticking over 10 billion souls. To control the populace and ensure further resource wars don't break out the government issues propaganda stating undisputed scientific proof of reincarnation after death - leading to a rush on the latest pop-ups: suicide hotels, where you can "checkout" however you choose.
At one of the last remaining hotels, Hotel Terminus, there are a bunch of so called perms. Permanent residents who checked in but don't yet have the courage to check out. The longest residence is Ansel Greyson. This is his story.
A story of doomed love and finding something to live for after you've decided to die
In the near future, the Earth is destroyed, the climate irrevocably changed and the world population ticking over 10 billion souls. To control the populace and ensure further resource wars don't break out the government issues propaganda stating undisputed scientific proof of reincarnation after death - leading to a rush on the latest pop-ups: suicide hotels, where you can "checkout" however you choose.
At one of the last remaining hotels, Hotel Terminus, there are a bunch of so called perms. Permanent residents who checked in but don't yet have the courage to check out. The longest residence is Ansel Greyson. This is his story.
A story of doomed love and finding something to live for after you've decided to die
February 13, 2018
The description of this book grabbed me from the get go. After wading through thousands of ho-hum books all very similar in plot its an exciting breath of fresh air to find something so exotically different!
It was easy to identify with the main characters. Even though I've never been suicidal, I think I can assume we 've all felt the plethora of their emotions. The sadness, despair, where do I fit in? The blossoming hope and love...I even wanted to love Huntley, and loathed Morton. I rooted for a second chance for life and true love all the way until the end....Will Ansel and Nikki get that chance? Or will they check out feet first like all the rest?
It was easy to identify with the main characters. Even though I've never been suicidal, I think I can assume we 've all felt the plethora of their emotions. The sadness, despair, where do I fit in? The blossoming hope and love...I even wanted to love Huntley, and loathed Morton. I rooted for a second chance for life and true love all the way until the end....Will Ansel and Nikki get that chance? Or will they check out feet first like all the rest?
October 22, 2018
Whew!!
I started getting upset, because this time of year is the anniversary of too many deaths. However; the story was so compelling that I couldn’t just walk away from it. I’m so glad I finished it!
I started getting upset, because this time of year is the anniversary of too many deaths. However; the story was so compelling that I couldn’t just walk away from it. I’m so glad I finished it!
September 6, 2018
What an incredible read! Cautionary, entertaining and thought provoking.
November 2, 2019
A beautifully written bizarre story of despair in a dying world where many of the inhabitants are choosing government approved and regulated suicide over dealing with life's tragedies.
September 19, 2021
I hate to leave a book DNF so persevered but this really wasn't worth the time it took to read. Each to their own but not for me.
July 1, 2023
It was such an emotional ‘ride’ with this book, and judging by the pile of used tissues beside me as I finished it, there should have been a warning ‘tissues required’! I like the term, ‘prose fiction’ to describe the writing in this book-it’s so emotional and descriptive!
It’s often a very sad story as the numerous characters with their back stories check into Hotel Terminus to end their lives in despair of the increasingly sad state of the world. But there’s some black humour too and a wonderful love story written with deep feeling. So some of the tears are happy ones too.
It’s often a very sad story as the numerous characters with their back stories check into Hotel Terminus to end their lives in despair of the increasingly sad state of the world. But there’s some black humour too and a wonderful love story written with deep feeling. So some of the tears are happy ones too.
April 7, 2019
This was the funniest depressing book I have ever read. A very light and fun voice carrying the thoughts of a very deep mind. The ending was a bit too Hollywood (but then seeing the author's occupation kind of explains it), but I was actually relieved. There was too much misery in this book for it to end otherwise.
It's still all shit - but it's worth it for this now and for the promise of a future composed of more nows like this. Such a beautifully tragic conclusion...
It's still all shit - but it's worth it for this now and for the promise of a future composed of more nows like this. Such a beautifully tragic conclusion...
March 24, 2023
Well now this is probably the most bizarre book I've ever read. It treats the act of dying as normal as, say, planning a meal or going for a stroll. No big deal. Great writing that held me from the beginning right through the end.
While I suppose I should have been depressed, I wasn't. Not at all. In fact, I quite enjoyed it and couldn't wait to see where the story might take me.
I loved it but I don't think it's for everyone.
While I suppose I should have been depressed, I wasn't. Not at all. In fact, I quite enjoyed it and couldn't wait to see where the story might take me.
I loved it but I don't think it's for everyone.
February 26, 2018
This book was fascinating. It took us to a dark world, one where suicide was a source of profit and last resorts catered to the last wishes of the desperate. I was drawn in from the beginning. And I really enjoyed the spark of hope and love that grew in the morbid world of the hotel terminus.
I received an advanced reader copy of this book and voluntarily provided this review
I received an advanced reader copy of this book and voluntarily provided this review
August 30, 2021
Definitely different
Wasn't really sure what to make if the storyline for the first half hour into it and was tempted to delete it from my kindle. However, the plot thickened and soon had me turning pages and really enjoying the antics of the main characters, often chuckling to myself about their views on life, or death! What I would really describe as fantasy.
Wasn't really sure what to make if the storyline for the first half hour into it and was tempted to delete it from my kindle. However, the plot thickened and soon had me turning pages and really enjoying the antics of the main characters, often chuckling to myself about their views on life, or death! What I would really describe as fantasy.
June 26, 2019
A zany tale of love and death
This novel was darkly humorous and will appeal to fans of Tim Burton or the Addams Family. those with a macabre sense of humour will thoroughly enjoy this book.
This novel was darkly humorous and will appeal to fans of Tim Burton or the Addams Family. those with a macabre sense of humour will thoroughly enjoy this book.
January 16, 2021
One of my favorite books of the year had to be about suicide, one of my favorite subjects.
One note I liked best, it's almost timeless concept. I didn't care when the events took place, it could be between 1800- 2500 and it would still fit perfectly.
One note I liked best, it's almost timeless concept. I didn't care when the events took place, it could be between 1800- 2500 and it would still fit perfectly.
February 8, 2021
The premise was intriguing enough to make me pick up the book. The book was interesting and thought provoking though I felt that it was the 'normal' parts of the story that didn't work as well. The dark humour pervading the bizarre parts were what kept me involved.
June 17, 2023
Excellent. Very original idea with a great ending.
January 26, 2021
A new favourite. Totally unique concept, executed (heh) in a way which kept me enthralled throughout. Each twist took me by surprise, and I loved seeing the characters grow and develop. Brilliant!
April 17, 2021
A beautifully written book with graphic insight into the delicacy of human spirit. I didn't expect to enjoy this book as much as I did.
September 15, 2021
Very good book
I enjoyed this book very much. I found it relatable to our current environment. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in what our future could hold.
I enjoyed this book very much. I found it relatable to our current environment. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in what our future could hold.
August 14, 2022
A "meaning of life" book masquerading as a love story, or vice versa? Whichever it is, it's fresh and fun and original and profound.
December 26, 2023
I enjoyed this book although a somewhat taboo subject Beeson manages to turn a reason to end it all to a reason to go on.
February 13, 2018
I was provided an e-copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
Imagine a future where there is very little to live for so the government has given a way to end it all by checking into suicide hotels call “last resorts”, that is the world of Anson Grayson.
You can live in the hotels for as long as you can pay, if actually committing suicide becomes an issue. Anson’s money is running short, then “she” walks in. What would you do if you found love just when it was time for you to die?
While this may seem like a very sad and depressing subject, it is handled by the author with finesse and intrigue. With many twists and turns, this tale of death becomes a tale of survival in the face of death.
A very good read if you can get by the beginning which can be depressing and sad.
Imagine a future where there is very little to live for so the government has given a way to end it all by checking into suicide hotels call “last resorts”, that is the world of Anson Grayson.
You can live in the hotels for as long as you can pay, if actually committing suicide becomes an issue. Anson’s money is running short, then “she” walks in. What would you do if you found love just when it was time for you to die?
While this may seem like a very sad and depressing subject, it is handled by the author with finesse and intrigue. With many twists and turns, this tale of death becomes a tale of survival in the face of death.
A very good read if you can get by the beginning which can be depressing and sad.
October 20, 2021
Interesting premise…a world in the not too distant future even more bleak than the one we’re currently faced with. Last resorts have sprung up where people can check in in order to safely ‘check out’ of life.
Filled with characters you’re not supposed to love, some of these people have done abhorrent things and Peter Besson has done well creating them. What bothered me the most was the repetitiveness at times. Also why were all the main male characters hung up on women? Ansel lost his wife-checked in, Romer lost his fiancée-checked in, Huntley had to help that young girl die-questioned life from then on.
I was bored at times in all honesty.
Filled with characters you’re not supposed to love, some of these people have done abhorrent things and Peter Besson has done well creating them. What bothered me the most was the repetitiveness at times. Also why were all the main male characters hung up on women? Ansel lost his wife-checked in, Romer lost his fiancée-checked in, Huntley had to help that young girl die-questioned life from then on.
I was bored at times in all honesty.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 13, 2022
Interesting story, odd writing.
Although the plot is interesting, a lot of the writing trails off into unnecessary descriptions of a world I don’t spend enough time in to actually care about. The hotel is what really draws you in, so I didn’t really care for the outside world “catch-up”. It’s all apocalyptic shit, we get it! The way the writer talks about and describes women is also… off..
If you can get past that, it’s a decent book. Don’t know if I’d recommend it to a friend though.
Although the plot is interesting, a lot of the writing trails off into unnecessary descriptions of a world I don’t spend enough time in to actually care about. The hotel is what really draws you in, so I didn’t really care for the outside world “catch-up”. It’s all apocalyptic shit, we get it! The way the writer talks about and describes women is also… off..
If you can get past that, it’s a decent book. Don’t know if I’d recommend it to a friend though.
October 10, 2023
The planet has become overcrowded and resources are becoming scarce. As a partial solution, government sanctioned hotels operate where people go to commit suicide. This is encouraged and supported by 'science' that proves reincarnation exists and the person will 'reboot' to a new life.
This is obviously fairly dark, but it's (mostly) a comedy. It's centered around a group of residents of the hotel who checked in years ago, but who never actually went through with it. I don't want to say too much about the story itself, but I enjoyed it.
This is obviously fairly dark, but it's (mostly) a comedy. It's centered around a group of residents of the hotel who checked in years ago, but who never actually went through with it. I don't want to say too much about the story itself, but I enjoyed it.
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