The Feast

Een wat verlopen hotel aan de Engelse kust dondert naar beneden. Niet alle gasten overleven het.

Onder de gasten een klagende dominee en zijn dochter die goed onder zijn plak zit, een paar gezinnen met kinderen, wat stelletjes.

He always typed his sermons because his writing was so bad that he could not read it. Nor could he always read his own typing, for that, too, was inexpert

De eigenaar van het hotel trekt zich min of meer voltijds terug in zijn kamertje vol met stapels papier, en laat het runnen van de zaak aan zijn vrouw over. Al snel ontstaan er spanningen tussen de gasten onderling en sommige gasten en de uitbaatster.

I see I've said nothing about fish. I'm allowed everything except kippers, but I don't think plaice agrees with me very well, nor haddock, unless cooked with plenty of butter. Crab and lobsters are not verboten which is very convenient, as I expect you get plenty of them and so many people can't eat them.

Het boek beschrijft de zeven dagen die vooraf gaan aan de landslide en gedurende die periode wordt steeds duidelijker dat er nice en not-so-nice gasten aanwezig zijn. Maar wie gaan het overleven?

This was really good! It's hard to rate though and this is a time I wish goodreads did half stars; it's better than four stars but something was lacking for me to give five. Four feels better right now. I think if I'd read this at a slightly different time it could have been five stars though.

I did love this though. The setting and the characters were all so well done. (It did take a while to keep track of everyone though.) I know of the seven deadly sins thing, but didn't really try and figure out who's who (though some are easier to tell than others). Overall really good and I look forward to more Kennedy as the writing is really lovely.