Hotel Honolulu
name of book: Hotel Honolulu
author: Paul Therouz
length or # of pages: 417
quick plot summary: A down and out writer moves to Hawaii and takes a
job as a manager of a low rent hotel.
rating: 2
what makes this book worth reading: It's only worth reading if you
are a gigantic Theroux fan and want to consume the entirety of his oeuvre.
what could the author have done differently to make it better: I experienced
the book as trite and dated. I never came to care about the protagonist. The
women characters in particular seemed to be mere caricatures:
The hottie
The innocent who'd been molested as a girl
The kinky older woman
would you recommend it? No. I picked it up at a used book sale because years
ago I had read and loved the _Great Railway Bazaar_ and I had also enjoyed
_Riding the Iron Rooster_
author: Paul Therouz
length or # of pages: 417
quick plot summary: A down and out writer moves to Hawaii and takes a
job as a manager of a low rent hotel.
rating: 2
what makes this book worth reading: It's only worth reading if you
are a gigantic Theroux fan and want to consume the entirety of his oeuvre.
what could the author have done differently to make it better: I experienced
the book as trite and dated. I never came to care about the protagonist. The
women characters in particular seemed to be mere caricatures:
The hottie
The innocent who'd been molested as a girl
The kinky older woman
would you recommend it? No. I picked it up at a used book sale because years
ago I had read and loved the _Great Railway Bazaar_ and I had also enjoyed
_Riding the Iron Rooster_