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raitherabbit's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
As a first foray into the mystery, whodunnit genre, it’s such a good place to start. So much love is put into each character and how they’re written. While I don’t agree with how all the characters acted or ended up becoming, they were still well written and added to the story (and there was A LOT of them).
Content Warnings
Moderate: Murder
internationalreads's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
The crime aspect of this book was fantastic. However, it took far too long to develop. The pace was all off. The meta autofiction aspect was not needed at all. If this book had just been written as the crime plot, without the author in the present day investigating, it would be a 4 or 5 star thriller for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Vomit, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Alcohol
meganrae047's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cancer, Death, Death of parent, and Murder
Minor: Domestic abuse
jkpiowa's review against another edition
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Infidelity and Murder
Minor: Suicide and Terminal illness
mtnest's review against another edition
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Alcohol
danaaliyalevinson's review
adventurous
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Okay, so this is a bit of a f*ck it 4.5 that is probably not earned by the actual writing, and is definitely influenced by the fact that I've been reading so much dark and deep literary fiction and I just needed something fun. And that was definitely this. A breezy madcap whodunnit about a murder in a hotel during a Swiss bank's annual retreat. Intrigue abounds. If you love "Knives Out" you'll love it. It's also a book within a book within a book, which sounds wild, but it really works and it injects some unexpectedness into what would otherwise be a bit of a routine genre mystery. Do I think it's a genius book? No. But I had a lot of fun reading it. Also *as a Jewish person* there was a really smart send up and implicit critique of the crafty Jewish banker' antisemitic trope that I won't spoil, but I quite enjoyed.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Murder, and Gaslighting
bookshelf_al's review against another edition
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infidelity and Gaslighting
Moderate: Murder
atamano's review against another edition
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic relationship and Classism
Moderate: Gun violence, Infidelity, and Murder
Minor: Cancer, Physical abuse, Suicide, and Death of parent
paronomaniac's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Infidelity, Physical abuse, and Murder
Minor: Gun violence and Vomit
sarasbooks's review against another edition
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
The enigma of Room 622 is about a writer who goes to a hotel in order to spend two weeks relaxing but ends up writing a new book about an investigation. A few years ago, in that same hotel, someone died in room 622 and the police never found the murderer.
I was expecting to love this, since The truth about the Harry Quebert Affair is one of my favorite books. However, this one was very different. I felt like it wasn't by the same author. The writing style was not even close to being as good as his older book. (??) It didn't feel like a novel, it felt like a script. The language was too simplistic, unnatural with no depth. The dialogues almost felt childish and cringey, like they were a way for the author to reveal a certain things in a very obvious and easy way.
I also didn't see the point of the author constantly speaking and referring to his editor as a tribute. I mean it's nice but it doesn't have any connection to the story. (??)
I was very often bored, over it and even thought of dnf'ing it. There are many characters and a lot of information that I found useless and confusing. It really could have been a shorter book!
Also the themes of this book weren't very interesting to me and maybe I wasn't the right audience. It deals a lot with business and bank affairs, which is something I don't really care that much to be reading about. Or maybe it just wasn't presented in an interesting way. (??) I really think this could be adapted into a good movie. I would probably watch and like it. However, as a book, it just wasn't that fascinating.
The last few chapters were way more interesting and there were a few surprising twists I didn't see coming but I wish it hadn't dragged for so long.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death and Murder