A fun read, but not up to Bullet Train. I would not tell anybody to not read it, though! It was a fun ride.
Thank you for the ARC

What fun! Assassins loose in a luxury Tokyo hotel. This suspenseful thriller is a follow-up to Kotaro Isaka’s international bestseller, “Bullet Train.”Nanao, code name Ladybird, an underworld hitman, is back with his handler, Maria Beetle. Nanao, always unlucky yet the sole survivor of the Bullet Train fiasco, is given an “easy job” by Maria. Nanao is delivering a portrait, painted as a birthday present, to a hotel guest when he realizes the guest is not the man in the picture. A fight between the guest and Nanao ends with the guest dead. This leads to a cat and mouse (actually, cats and mice) game with plot twists and turns.. A twenty story hotel serves as the backdrop for numerous hitmen, several crime bosses, and a corrupt politician all targeting an underworld accomplice with a photographic memory of crimes committed. What could go wrong? “Seems like when you check in to this hotel, you check out in a body bag,” notes one assassin. Interestingly, despite the melee, there are philosophical and existential discussions among the culprits on themes such as quantum theoy, Schrodinger’s Cat, and AI. Discourse on politics and relationships (not comparing yourself to others) threads through the otherwise dire discussions on how to evade the murderers.
Will Nanao leave the hotel alive? This and many other questions and dilemmas are satisfyingly answered at the conclusion. There is so much action in this tale that referring to characters or events would give away many elements of surprise. If you enjoy suspense and mystery, great characterization, humorous and clever dialogue, and you don’t mind descriptions of bodies piling up, you’ll appreciate this thriller.
I want to thank NetGalley for allowing me the opportunity to read an advance copy of this book. It was an absolute pleasure to read and I highly recommend it. I hope you will check in to “Hotel Lucky Seven” and check it out.

Kotaro Isaka is a master of writing cutthroat suspenseful assassin thrillers with sprinkles of well-placed humor and a whole lot of twists. Hotel Lucky Seven packs hard hitting action in a contained setting and it keeps you on your toes as you try to figure out how it will all go down.

Full review to be posted on https://www.bestthrillerbooks.com/kashif-hussain