Black Hotel: A Supernatural Thriller by Renee WakefieldMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
BLACK HOTEL is a novel of a really Feckless Hero, the overweight, purposeless, yet endearing Jack. He is the type of personality who is almost always either "invisible" to others, or else the brunt of all jokes. He really does try hard, though. At age 38, he has never realized his potential and is not even sure what his potential is. Finally one day he runs out of work (yet another dead-end) job and just walks and walks, till he comes on a lovely Gothic hotel in the midst of industrial estates. He goes in, applies for a job, and soon becomes the Night Clerk. All is fine and Jack manages not to get into any trouble--until he starts experiencing what he expects are ghosts: visual, auditory, and so forth.
I really liked and empathized with Jack's character despite his obvious deficiencies. He does seem to be one of those individuals whom everything is stacked against. But he perseveres, and that's important.
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