A review by jamieastone
The Motel Life by Willy Vlautin

4.0

I wavered between a 3.5 (not that Goodreads allows that!) and a 4 on this book. What I enjoyed a lot were the stories that Frank tells - it reminded me why we like stories and what is redeeming about reading stories and telling stories. I also loved the setting mostly being in Reno (and a little bit in Elko) because I could picture exactly where everything was happening. What I didn't love was the depressing nature of the story... but I did appreciate the idea of hope that was woven into the (very depressing) story.