The Venice Hotel
by
Tess Woods
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Publication date: 3rd September 2024
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Pages: 380
RRP: AU$34.99
Source: Own purchase
Review: The Venice Hotel
I loved the setting of The Venice Hotel! Tess Woods takes her readers on an evocative tour of Venice whilst also including the environmental concerns of the citizens with rising water levels and pollution from cruise ships.
The Venice Hotel is told through multiple narrations.
Sophie, a writer for a food magazine, is in Venice to interview Loretta Bianchi, owner and celebrity chef of the Hotel Il Cuore.
Loretta at 66 dedicates her whole life to the hotel and its guests and she has no plans of retiring.
Elena has returned to Venice with her Australian husband to attend her father's funeral.
Gayle and her husband have travelled from America to spend Christmas in Venice.
There was way too much drama in this story for me. Every character had some sort of drama going on in their life. There was lots of Christian bashing. The Christians in the story were either fire and brimstone, hypocrites or homophobic. The protagonist was even named Christian!
Maybe I'm being too sensitive but it got my ire up.
I did love that the women banded together to help each other and there was a little side romance story.
There are lots of 5 star reviews for this one but it was just an okay read for me.
My rating 3 / 5 ⭐⭐⭐
This was a 5 star for me. I did find the American couple a little annoying at first, but once their story unfolded more I understood them better. Having been to Venice once and falling in love with the place, I thoroughly enjoyed revisiting it through this story.
ReplyDeleteI’m so glad you loved it. It’s been getting loads of great reviews.
Delete