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The Paradox Hotel by Rob Hart
Rating - 4.5 Stars
Link: https://books2read.com/paradoxhotel
Review: This is my first book by Rob Hart, and I must admit, it was the beautiful cover and the promise of time travel that reeled me in and made me want to read this story. I enjoyed the non-linear way this story was told, with time jumping for the main character, January, due to her condition.
There were several twists and turns which made for a compelling mystery, but I feel this book was more character-focused than anything. January is a likable character precisely because she doesn’t really like anyone, not even Ruby, her drone, who I affectionately imagine with Manu Bennett’s voice as it’s mentioned to have a Kiwi accent after she hacked it. January’s interactions with Ruby are some of the best bits of the book!
There’s also plenty of LGBTQIA+ representation with same-sex couples, as well as a non-binary character and a trans character. What I love about this is that none of these characters feel tokenized and just there for rep. They have some of the most beautiful lines and scenes in the book.
I mentioned this book is more about character than the murder mystery, and that is exceedingly true for January, who goes on a journey of healing from extreme grief, guilt, and self-loathing.
There are also plenty of wild antics along the way, including a dino chase Jurassic park style!
All in all, this was a very enjoyable read. The ending was a bit weak, choosing to end with a whimper rather than a bang, but endings are hard! I’d give this a 4.5.
Accurate! Those good days can be soo good and yet you have to pay a high price for them.
SPOONIE THINGS NO ONE TALKS ABOUT PART 20
Brain fog is scary.
Lots of spoonies talk about how annoying brain fog is or even how it can be funny.
And those things are true.
But no one talks about how scary it is to feel like you’re forgetting everything. How uncertain it makes your reality seem, or how unstable it makes you feel.
What if one day, it gets so bad you forget something important?
Like a loved one. Or an important task.
What if one day it gets so bad, you don’t remember again?
It can be so terryfying to not be able to trust your own mind to remember. Mostly it’s the simple things that we forget. But there’s always a fear that we are missing more than that. That we don’t remember what we’ve forgtton.
Not to mention dangerous when you forget you haven’t put the car in park, or that you’re holding a sharp object, etc.
I have AS and the brain fog has become so bad some days I worry I’m getting dementia, but other days, days when I’m well rested and not hurting quite as much, I’m okay.
“The absence of pain led to an absence of fear,
and the absence of fear led to a disregard for consequence.”
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