The Enigma of Room 622: The devilish new thriller from the master of the plot twist

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Quizá con 200 páginas menos hubiese mejorado, porque la historia (aunque enrevesada) resulta interesante. Macaire understands that: "It had all begun to unravel fifteen years earlier", when his grandfather died and the presidency went to his father -- and when both Lev and Anastasia's paths first crossed with each other and with him. A pesar de que este es un libro con cerca de una docena de personajes importantes y múltiples saltos en el tiempo, es imposible dejar de leerlo. Desde el momento en el que Joël como personaje llega y empieza a hacer sus pesquisas, pasando por el punto en el que sospechas que tu propia sombra sea la culpable de aquel asesinado, y llegando a la etapa en la que todas las conversaciones, todas las observaciones y todas las pistas encajan y te apuntan al asesino, es un libro espectacular. Son más de 600 páginas que se pasan en un abrir y cerrar de ojos. The presidency has always been handed down in the family, and Macaire expects to be named president -- but in those days leading up to the announcement he learns that some people seem to have other plans.

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Puzzled and intrigued by this occurrence, Joel befriends a fellow amateur sleuth Scarlett – another one of the hotel’s guests – and together they try to pierce the veil of the mysteriously-missing room. It doesn’t take them very long to realize they’ve actually stumbled into a long and storied tale, one equal-parts frightening and intriguing. Quando vejo calhamaços até tremo! Dou por mim a pensar: “vou demorar uma eternidade a ler isto!” Nada disso! Este livro lê-se de uma assentada, de uma forma quase compulsiva. The environment itself in which the story takes place also reinforces the ridiculous aspect of the atmosphere, depicting a world which seems to look like our own, but a few notches more colourful and prone to improbable coincidences. Being more specific, the hotel itself feels like it was pulled from some different realm into our world.El enigma de la habitación 622 (2020) ha empezado siendo una decepción tal que aunque haya ido mejorando a medida que avanzan las páginas, no ha sido suficiente para que se me pasara el mal sabor de boca. Porque esperaba pasármelo muchísimo mejor, la verdad. With this being said, I do see how some people might think the book to be a little too long for its own good. If you’re the kind of person who just wants to see the resolution dropped into their lap as fast as possible, then you’re probably going to struggle with certain segments which only feel like they raise more questions rather than provide solutions. I personally love this approach, but to each their own. I don’t know if it’s meant to be a take on a French farce but that’s what it feels like with similar (not) humour.

The Enigma of Room 622: The devilish new thriller from the

Yes, I know I mentioned this just above, but that “book within a book” thing was a bit confusing for me at first. The author’s name as a character of the book as well? I couldn’t quite wrap my head around that before I started reading the book. Was it fiction or an autobiography of some sort? But, I soon got into the rhythm of the story and this no longer bothered me. Yes, his narration mode is attractive (as much as he is. Google Images him. You will thank me later). BUT, the clichés: the men characters who always have to be scared of commitment or unable to make the right decision (hello narrator, hello Lev), the women characters who are always desperate to be loved or love (hello Anastasia), the lines that sometimes seem to come from a Hallmark movie. Do you prefer to “listen” to your books rather than read them, here’s a nice opportunity to try Audible free for 30 Days.MY THOUGHTS: I was looking forward to a 'book within a book' mystery, which is not what I got. Think 'corporate conspiracy' instead. Scarletta Leonas, another guest at the hotel, discovers that the reason there’s no Room 622 is that an unsolved murder has occurred. She begins working with Joël as a sort of assistant and the two amateur sleuths attempt to establish the sequence of the events leading up to the weekend of the murder. Macaire es el tonto útil que es un buenazo y que da la impresión de que sería un fracasado si no hubiera nacido rico. Lo peor con él es que se quiere jugar a dar a entender que tiene un lado oscuro. En serio, es que parece incapaz de matar ni a una mosca. Da alguna sorpresilla, pero cuesta ver maldad en él.

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Aside from the affair, espionage and corporate politics, embezzlement has been going on at the bank. All the angles are there to set up a murder mystery, but who had the most likely motive? For a large part of the story we are kept in the dark about the murder victim’s identity so we are left wondering not just who the killer was, but who was killed. It’s an interesting device. I’ll admit it also helps that I found the premise itself to be quite clever and conducive to a long and winding murder mystery, one which in and of itself feels like a prolonged vacation, at least from my reader’s perspective. The events surrounding the room’s history are genuinely interesting and I found myself tightly hooked whenever Joel and Scarlett were uncovering some juicy new pieces of information, regardless of whether it brought me closer to the ultimate revelations. The Outlandish HotelComo en la mayoría de thrillers un asesinato sin resolver es la trama, cualquiera de los personajes puede ser el asesino, pero, en este caso, como si estuviéramos jugando a un complicado Cluedo, también cualquiera de ellos puede ser la víctima, ya que hasta bien pasada la mitad del relato no se desvela quién es el asesinado.