Hotel Angeline: A Novel in 36 Voices

from pdplish

What a novel (no pun intended) idea! A book written by different authors. I am always on the prowl for different types of books and this hit the bull's eye for me, quirky enough to keep me guessing. It's not unusual for me to predict where a story will go which often kinda spoils the ending for m...

from sjurban

What a great concept! 36 chapters by 36 authors in 6 days. I loved it! There were some chapters/authors that weren't as great as others, but overall it was a fun read. I will admit that if I read the book without knowing the gimmick, I would have thought it a bit disjointed, but knowing what I wa...

from metamariposa

The concept for this novel is a twist on the writing process more than a twist on plot or character; thirty-six writers from the Seattle area each wrote one chapter (and I think the whole novel was written, in public, in a week). For a literary experiment in collective authorship, this is lots of...

from lkernagh

What happens when you cross improvisational theatre with a literary event looking to create a truly collaborative novel? For me, the answer to that question is Hotel Angeline, a novel written in chapters penned by each of 36 participating authors - including two chapters with a graphic approach t...

from JosephLYoung

An entertaining story about a young girl (fifteen) whose mother dies leaving her to care for an aging hotel and an equally old set of long term quirky hotel residents. Of course she is much too young for this responsibility but, has inherited a misunderstood sense of loyalty to both the old hotel...