beautifully written and eerie ( )

I loved so much about this book. But the end...it’s like the story existed to get rid of the wife and then everything was rosy. What was great about the book was how creepy it was and then what ruined the book was how creepy it was. About the wrong stuff. It reads like a wish fulfillment of killing off marriage age women and leaving just the men, children, and campy old ladies. The first part of the novel rips along with a wonderfully cool sense of utter strangeness. ( )

I'm not even sure how to describe what I read. This is one strange book, but because of its strangeness, it's bleak atmosphere, I found it intriguing. I had to find out what was going on. A couple arrive at a deserted train station in a European city. They have come to adopt a child. The woman is dying and this is the only place that would allow them to adopt. A grand hotel peopled by some very strange people, a healer, a debauched business man, a stoic bartender. Who are these people. Why do they stay here?

So, as I read I thought one way, than another. A real mind bender of a read. I think, and make note of the think, because even after finishing I'm not quite sure I'm right, that I figured it out. A challenging story, but somehow enticing nonetheless. ( )