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Deadfall Hotel (Original)
Deadfall Hotel (Original) | Steve Rasnic Tem
The Deadfall Hotel is where our nightmares go, it's where the dead pause to rest between worlds, and it's where Richard Carter and his daughter Serena go to rediscover life -- if the things at the hotel don't kill them first. Think of it as the vacation resort of the collective unconscious. With the powerful prose that has earned him awards and accolades, Steve Rasnic Tem explores the roots of fear and society's fascination with things horrific, using the many-layered metaphor of the Deadfall Hotel. Drawing inspiration from literary touchstones John Gardner and Peter Straub, Tem elegantly delves into the dark corners of the human spirit. There he finds not only our fears, but ultimately our hopes.
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JasonRDavis
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This book is an interesting read with some odd directions, and for the most part, I found it highly enjoyable. I‘ll say that with the caveat that I do not feel like others will like this book. It has a detached tone to it while things are happening and it leaves the reader like you are never fully brought into the secrets of the hotel. I enjoyed that because our main character often never feels like he has fully been brought into the fold.

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TobeyTheScavengerMonk
Deadfall Hotel | Steve Rasnic Tem

We cannot see all that is at stake, because all is at stake.

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TobeyTheScavengerMonk
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Mehso-so

2017 is shaping up to be The Year of Lousy Endings.

After losing his wife in a house fire, Richard takes his daughter Serena with him to his new job of managing the Deadfall Hotel, a building that defies physics and caters to monsters and nightmares.

The creepy stuff works and blends well with the mundane hotel management stuff. I really enjoyed it until the last chapter fizzled to an abrupt stop.

saresmoore The premise kinda reminds me of a Dr. Who episode. I don‘t even remember the ending of that, though. 🤔 7y
GoldenGirl Sounds like 7y
TobeyTheScavengerMonk @GoldenGirl I don‘t know why I didn‘t think of that! But yeah, this is The Shining if Jack had known upfront about the hauntings and had to provide recreational activities for the ghost girls and make sure the plumbing worked so the lady in 237 could take her baths. 7y
TobeyTheScavengerMonk @saresmoore Maybe The God Complex? The one with the Minotaur? 7y
saresmoore Yes! I can‘t believe I forgot about the Minotaur! I love a good Minotaur trope. I think I‘ll be watching that one again. 7y
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TobeyTheScavengerMonk
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"The Deadfall is not merely a physical establishment - It is the embodiment of generations of agreements, understandings, pacts, covenants, promises, traditions enforced or simply encouraged, specific and nonspecific contractual negotiations, religious partnerships, spiritual compromises - the bulk of which occurred long before my own birth."

#currentread

JazzFeathers I'm hooked! 7y
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TobeyTheScavengerMonk
Deadfall Hotel (Original) | Steve Rasnic Tem
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Holy cuss, that is some high praise right there. And the following blurb (by Dan "Another Author Who I Totally Love" Simmons) name checks Kafka, Stephen King, and Poe.

We shall see. #currentread

DGRachel I look forward to your review. Sounds interesting, to say the least. 7y
vivastory I will read anything praised by Jeff Vandermeer. 7y
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Bookish2
Deadfall Hotel (Original) | Steve Rasnic Tem
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Panpan

I come back to this one periodically trying to get thru it. It's delightfully creepy but just feels so slow.