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Book Reviews of Hotel Honolulu

Hotel Honolulu
Hotel Honolulu
Author: Paul Theroux
ISBN-13: 9780618219155
ISBN-10: 0618219153
Publication Date: 2002
Pages: 432
Rating:
  • Currently 3.1/5 Stars.
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3.1 stars, based on 25 ratings
Publisher: Mariner Books
Book Type: Paperback
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5 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

GrandmaDiDi avatar reviewed Hotel Honolulu on
Helpful Score: 2
Great read. A look into the lives of the eclectic people who work and stay at the Hotel Honolulu.
traveller avatar reviewed Hotel Honolulu on + 79 more book reviews
Paul Theroux has done much better than this, and I prefer his other works. This is really a series of essays about the strange and weird characters living in a Honolulu hotel where the narrator is the manager.
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Loosely structured collection of tales about the characters who visit, live at or work at a backwater hotel in Oahu that is NOT on Waikiki Beach. A lot of insights into Hawaiian culture that tourists wouldn't normally pick up; a lot of weird sexual escapades.
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This book is ok. I thought I was getting a real life travel and living account. After a few chapters, when I seriously thought he's GOT to be making this stuff up, I noticed it's a NOVEL. In depth look at the goings on at an old hotel. Interesting characters. I was hoping for more description of Hawaii, but maybe I didn't read far enough... Gutter language abounds.
buzzby avatar reviewed Hotel Honolulu on + 6062 more book reviews
Sounds sort of like the room I stayed in...