Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel

Full review published at: https://talesfromabsurdia.com/book-reviews/review-seven-nights-at-the-flamingo-hotel/

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Leave any assumptions about Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel firmly in the foyer.

No, really. 

Bearded Badger Publishing's debut publication is hilarious, tragic, and downright bizarre - all at the same time.

And for the most part, it works. I can't remember the last time I laughed, cocked an eyebrow, and experienced such solemnity within a single page or two. 

Author Drew Gummerson has created a truly unique piece of literature, though not without its issues.

Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel is written almost exclusively through a stream of consciousness, which makes for a manic and scatty narrative. This isn't a bad thing - in fact, it's what makes Seven Nights such an interesting piece of literature.

However, it's prone to repetition. Our main character (you) is placed in similar predicaments with similar outcomes. It can be a little ‘one note', despite said anecdotal scenarios being (mostly) very funny. I've elaborated on this in my full review.

If you're looking for a unique piece of fiction, delightfully strange and quite amusing, but very crude, then Seven Nights is definitely for you.

However, the squeamish need not apply. It's pretty crude.