A review by abookishtype
Hotel Lucky Seven by Kōtarō Isaka

adventurous funny mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

Kōtarō Isaka pulls Ladybird in for one more simple job in Hotel Lucky Seven, the fourth book in his assassins series. Of course, for the assassin with the world’s worst luck, nothing is ever simple. Just like in Bullet Train, Ladybird’s simple job—to deliver a painting to a man in a specific room in Tokyo’s Winton Palace Hotel—escalates into fights to the death, chases, escapes, and intersecting plots. Brian Bergstrom does a beautiful job translating the original Japanese into kinetic English...

Read the rest of my review at A Bookish Type. I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley, for review consideration.