All Saints Hotel and Cocktail Lounge
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Narrated by:
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Nathan Monk
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By:
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Nathan Monk
About this listen
Murder. Mayhem. Millennials. What was supposed to be a night of hope and change unwittingly launches an adventure into chaos as five friends uncover a dark past, a secret society, and a sinister plan.
Leo, Joy, Shane, Clementine, and Nick have known each other since high school, but life has taken each of them in vastly different directions. Our story begins as they all gather together to celebrate the inauguration of President Barack Obama.
In Nathan Monk's latest novel, he weaves together a story that spans decades set against the backdrop of friendships built around a neighborhood bar. Using his powerful storytelling and immersive characters, he transports us through the troubles of the millennial dilemma. The All Saints Hotel and Cocktail Lounge is a stunning story of collective trauma. The audiobook travels through time looking at major events from 9/11 and the Columbine Massacre to the technology boom through the lens of an unsuspecting cast of characters who are simply attempting to survive a world that doesn’t seem built for them.
This Southern Gothic tale confronts some of the darkest parts of our modern history and takes the listener on a journey through the perils of the Great Recession, the Occupation of Wall Street, and right up the edge of a global pandemic that will transform the world as we know it. Who will survive the unprecedented events that unfold? Not even student debt is as perilous as the adventure you are about to embark on. No amount of cutting back on avocado toast and caramel lattes can save you from the dangers ahead.
In his unique style, Nathan creates characters that are at times hard to like but impossible not to love. This tale is full of betrayal, romance, and kitchen grease as this ragtag group of friends attempt to make the world a better place and are confronted with the question, “Do we even have the power to make any meaningful change at all and if not, is there even hope?”
Pull up a barstool, light ’em if you got ’em, and pour yourself a tall glass of suspense and romance masquerading as casual sex as you journey into the seedy halls of the All Saints Hotel and Cocktail Lounge.
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Wonderfully personal narration
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The story itself I didn't find massively engaging, I have to be honest, and I didn't care about the lives of the characters. However, the parts that focused on being a narrative on the gap between baby boomers and millennials, I found insightful, interesting and, at times, quite horrifying.
I find myself left with mixed feelings. Getting lost in the narration style and having that lull me into half-believing it to be an autobiography made it a more compelling experience for me than it otherwise would have been. Worth a listen if you have credits burning a hole in your pocket and you're not going to throw a tantrum over a few stutters and page shuffles.
Not exactly my cup of tea, but interesting
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As for the story, I have very mixed feelings. It touches on many issues which are dear to me too and I would really love it had it been a manifesto or personal memoir. Unfortunately, it doesn't work for me as a novel. There is way too little plot for all the (great and appreciated) inner dialogues and ruminations of the narrator, the characters are cool, but the action is scarce and I don't feel happy about the non-closure of the criminal/political part and focus mostly on the romantic at the ending parts of the book.
I'd love to appreciate the great thoughts about the generation gap, the sagacious insights into America's heart and mind, but I don't feel I enjoyed the novel part, which I regret. I hope for more books from Nathan where he might balance the activism and literature differently.
it would make a great manifesto
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