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A review by motherhorror
The Hotel by Daisy Johnson
5.0
Daisy Johnson is an auto-buy author for me. I'll read anything/everything. Originally, these stories were released over a few months in 2020 on a BBC radio program. You can listen to that for free:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m000mrcg
The stories were then collected for this book, which is available from Blackwell's (free shipping to the US). I love the cover design.
The stories are all quite short and range in tone/style. Some feel like diary entries or memoirs, while others read like a dark fairytale or classic ghost story. All the stories have to do with this hotel on cursed land and center on the female experience.
Is it perfect?
Yes.
I feel like this is the lighter, more feminist version of The House of Leaves without any of the textbook vibes, footnotes, or crazy font. The Hotel is bigger on the outside than it is on the inside.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m000mrcg
The stories were then collected for this book, which is available from Blackwell's (free shipping to the US). I love the cover design.
The stories are all quite short and range in tone/style. Some feel like diary entries or memoirs, while others read like a dark fairytale or classic ghost story. All the stories have to do with this hotel on cursed land and center on the female experience.
Is it perfect?
Yes.
I feel like this is the lighter, more feminist version of The House of Leaves without any of the textbook vibes, footnotes, or crazy font. The Hotel is bigger on the outside than it is on the inside.