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Dois Hotéis Em Lisboa (2013)

by David Leavitt(Favorite Author)

3.42 of 5 Votes: 4

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Quetzal

review 1: Although the ending was bittersweet, I still rate this book pretty high. I thought it was well-written overall. There were some long monologues and I didn't like the way the one chapter was a quoted chapter from a book written by another character about his wife's suicide (NOT a spoiler because the narrator tells you about it at the very beginning). I felt the narrator's character showed real growth throughout the story, though I didn't like where and with whom he ended up.
review 2: Normally when a piece of historical fiction falls flat for me, it's because of an excess of detail and wearing the research a bit too heavily. This has the opposite problem - there's not enough historical meat on the bones to round out the story of Edward and Pete's affair. Wh... moreile I understand that part of Leavitt's intent was to draw out the transient nature of life in 1940 Lisbon, I feel like the throwaway ending he gives Pete deserved more life than a couple of thinly sketched chapters at the tail. less

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