Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

2009 • 507 pages

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15

I really, really enjoyed this one! I sat down yesterday to read a little and basically read it from cover to cover in one afternoon. The story is just so beautifully written and the characters and their relationships are poignant and heartfelt. I didn't know a lot about what went on in the US during WWII, so I found that part to be especially interesting and sad. There are a few rather large mistakes throughout the book, one of the biggest being the fact that there were no Internet therapy groups in 1986, heck I am not even sure most people had a computer in their home in 1986, much less the Internet, another one was that Brandon Lee didn't die until 1993, making it impossible for him to be buried with his father and near Henry's wife in 1986, if these types of mistakes annoy you, then you may find yourself not enjoying this one, but truth be told the mistakes didn't distract me from what was an otherwise fabulous debut novel from this author!

August 23, 2009