Himanshi Bhatia's Reviews > The Hotel Nantucket

This book was lame! Half the book is filled with words and slangs from urban dictionary, that only add to the lameness quotient. I hated Shelley Carpenter's phrase "Stay well friends...", who by the way was so inspired from Bridgerton's Lady Whistledown!!!! The ghost Grace, another lame addition, was annoyingly stupid! Her only source of knowledge are high school kids or hotel guests, yet she acts like the wisest of them all. It’s hard to believe that Jack’s son waited until his death bed to share his diary. Why?
But what stood out to me was the book’s misogynistic portrayal of female characters.

-a woman can only be employee of the week if she sleeps with other men. Lizbet or Magda were never even considered even though they were best at their job.
-Alessandra is depicted as an evil person for having many affairs although she is single and has no attachments. Despite that, the married men she sleeps with are actually shown as victims. Heidi says about her husband's affair with Alessandra that its "half his fault". No actually its all his fault because he invited a strange woman into his family home and cheated on his wife.
-Richie calls Kimber a great mother because unlike some women, she didn't send her kids to camp for the summer (his literal words). How is sending your kids to summer camp bad?
-And oh, you can absolutely have alcohol while nursing. Another time when the author shamed a mother! I had surgery with anesthesia and my doctor still allowed me to bf my baby!
-Kimber is praised for standing by her man, Richie! A man who is literally a thief and has committed fraud on multiple counts; but a woman's job is to stand by her man no matter what, isn't it?
-Jack benedict is also shown as a victim! seriously?! He was the one having an affair yet he is the victim of an alcoholic wife. And instead of firing Grace like a normal person would do, Dahlia sets her own hotel on fire where she herself was sleeping. Unbelievable!
-Even JJ is shown in a poor light, and Christina is depicted like another evil woman who ruined JJ and his restaurant.

The author has subtly excused all men in their faults and hinted that women were the true cause of their unruly behaviour - be it Chad’s mother or Richie’s ex-wife.