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The Hotel Nantucket Book Club Questions
Have you visited Nantucket? If so, how did the descriptions compare?
What was your favorite detail of The Hotel Nantucket?
What was your favorite food description?
Who was your favorite staff member?
Who was your favorite guest?
What did you make of the use of a ghost to tell part of the story?
Which character grew the most over the Summer?
Which character did the worst things in your view?
Did any of the troubled characters redeem themselves in your view?
Did the twists surprise you?
What do you think is in store for The Hotel Nantucket and the characters next Summer?
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Why The Hotel Nantucket Is A Good Book Club Book
My Review: ★★★★☆
The Hotel Nantucket defies genres and offers an immensely satisfying page-turner to which you will want to return — especially for Elin Hilderbrands’s travel guide to Nantucket at the end.
I have heard so many readers raving that The Hotel Nantucket is one of the best Hilderbrand books.
It feels straight out of a season of Bravo’s Below Deck (but set at a hotel rather than on a yacht). Elin’s trademark Nantucket settings, pop culture references, and food descriptions make your mouth water.
This preppy book will have you envisioning the lush details of the hotel: hydrangea-blue throws, Nest Amalfi Lemon and Mint candles (a personal favorite), and Matouk sheets, Heartbreaker cocktails, the disco ball that drops from the ceiling at 9 p.m., the oyster shell tiles, and complimentary minibars filled with bluefish pâté.
Quick Plot Summary
The Hotel Nantucket is the setting for a Summer on Nantucket Island. The revitalized hotel seeks to earn a renowned “5 key” review by a famous travel blogger.
But, the full story of the storied Nantucket hotel itself begins in the Gilded Age, one hundred years earlier, when an old chambermaid died in a suspicious fire and now haunts the hotel.
As the Summer heats up, so does the gossip of its hauntings, filling the rooms with excited guests for the entire season, as the staff awaits word of their Hotel Confidential review.
Book Club Ideas
The Hotel Nantucket is filled with tons of details to explore further, so dive into these book pairings for your book club to get the full aesthetic:
- Check out The Nantucket Hotel (on which The Hotel Nantucket is loosely based).
- Explore the restaurants of Nantucket (so many references in the book, like Cru, a personal favorite of mine)
- Make the signature Heartbreaker cocktail that mimics the color of Nantucket red or the complimentary bluefish pâté.
- Listen to this Spotify playlist of the songs on Mario’s playlists for Lizbet.
- Watch Bravo’s Below Deck for a similar vibe, but on a yacht.
- Read more of the Elin Hilderbrand books referenced in this novel — The Blue Bistro and The Beach Club — or books from authors like Elin Hilderbrand, like The Five Star Weekend.
- Shop these ChappyWrap hydrangea-blue throws (my favorite Martha’s Vineyard brand), Nest Amalfi Lemon and Mint candles (a personal favorite), and Matouk sheets, just like those at the hotel.
Frequently Asked Questions
In The Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand, it is revealed that Chad
hosted a party, where he opened a champagne bottle and accidentally injured the eye of his less privileged friend, Paddy, with the cork.
In The Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand, the Heartbreaker is a signature cocktail served at the hotel’s bar. The book may not detail the specific ingredients of the Heartbreaker drink.
Conclusion
These The Hotel Nantucket book club questions immerse you in the intricate dynamics of island life and work, and they spark fun discussions about secrets as well as the Nantucket itself. May your conversations be as bright and sunny as the New England island and its hotel!
Keep the discussion going! Share your thoughts on The Hotel Nantucket or any remaining questions you may have in the comments below.
Is there a printable pdf copy of the Blue Book from the Hotel Nantucket?
Not that I know of.
@Jules Buono, yes, the audible version has a PDF version of the Blue Book.