Hotel Portofino

I did enjoy the writing on this one - a varied cast of characters who interested me, both the “aristocratic” guests, the down-to-earth family running the hotel, and the behind-the-scenes servants whose lives were as rich as any of them (although it was sometimes hard to keep them straight due to the sheer numbers.) The locale was intriguing plus I'm a sucker for the time period but for me, it was hard to see what the actual point of the narrative was meant to be. Life went on, things happened, relationships ebbed and flowed, and suddenly, the book was over. I see this is being turned into a long-form drama series and maybe that's the point - this is the first part of what will be a continuing saga. But if so, I think that could have been more clearly explained and a stronger story told in this first part..