... brings readers an exciting, multi-plotted, genre-bending drama ... Plotlines about scandalous affairs, extortion, assault and sordid pasts enliven Hilderbrand's obvious appreciation for the ins and outs of the hotel industry and for Nantucket culture. Readers in search of page-turning escapist fiction will be immensely intrigued by checking into The Hotel Nantucket and seeing all it has to offer.
... delightful ... Hilderbrand’s Nantucket is a fantasy version of a real place: names and descriptions can be over-the-top, but they help form the culture and setting she is describing ... Make no mistake about it: Elin Hilderbrand is having fun. The Hotel Nantucket is a detail-rich and amusing page-turner. While it is easy to dismiss the book as a 'beach read,' to do so ignores the fact that the term just means entertaining, popular and published during the warm months. Hilderbrand has crafted a tightly plotted and enjoyable story of a diverse group of people coming together for a shared purpose under some extraordinary circumstances. Whether you are on the beach or elsewhere, this promises to be a satisfying and charming novel.
The Hotel Nantucket, by Elin Hilderbrand...tries mightily to be a beach read...[and is] likely to be successful as such ... But [it] neither captured my heart or attained that overused marketing promise of 'unputdownability' ... Hilderbrand revels in the granular details of the Matouk-sheet-swathed lodging, which boasts showers thoughtfully tiled in oyster shells and complimentary minibars stuffed with bluefish pâté. The author sets sumptuous scenes ... I only wished for the same richness in the characters and their stories ... Hilderbrand’s spiky, astute observations...are too fleeting ... High stakes are heaped upon their secrets ... But their truths, once revealed, don’t deliver on the hype. Stylistically, Hilderbrand...overdo[es] it on distracting, dated internet-y slang...that barely survived a few quick digital eras, much less the glacial pace of publishing.
... complex and in-depth read. Secrets lurk everywhere, like in a soap opera, and the island residents love the gossip ... A long and intense novel, The Hotel Nantucket shouldn't be classified as a beach read, for it is drawn-out and overly descriptive. Though jam-packed with drama, the prose is highly expressive and reads like a travel guide for Nantucket.
Hilderbrand once again captures life on Nantucket, from the beaches to the food to the chorus of locals who comment on the goings-on at the hotel, complete with a travel guide at the end of the book. Readers will be transported by this breezy, engrossing beach read.
A satisfying look behind the scenes of a luxury Nantucket hotel ... Beyond the intrigue, readers will learn something of the way a luxury hotel runs, including the long hours and dedication of the staff ... References to pop culture (music, celebrities, social media, fashion) will please a modern crowd, and readers will cheer for Lizbet, the crew of the Hotel Nantucket, and the ghost.
The beloved beach novelist’s 28th book is another tour de force, deploying all her usual tricks and tropes and clever points of view ... Addictive storylines ... Honestly, who needs Nantucket. It could hardly be more fun than this book.
