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Glass Houses

Madeline Ashby

3.56 AVERAGE

caseythereader's review

3.5

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

kelsix0's review

2.25

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

msoh's review

4.0

Thank you to NetGalley and Tor Publishing Group for providing this book, with my honest review below.

Glass Houses has to be one of the most disturbing thrillers I’ve read in some time, and I mean this as a compliment. I was interested in the idea of a glimpse of a reimagined world of the future, a downed plane and desert island with a mystery. What I didn’t count on was the romance and backstory that went with it, as well as some of the off the wall reveals.

Kristen, Chief Emotional Manager (aka Chief of Staff) has a traumatic past being a burn victim after home caught fire killing both her parents. Sumter is a tech boy wonder whose company, Wuv, was just acquired. Together they and employees of the startup are returning from a celebratory trip when they have an accident and land on a not so deserted island, as a giant futuristic home is there. But the island seems to be killing the survivors and as Kristen, and Wuv’s, backstories are explored it becomes obvious that there’s a whole lot more to the mystery than the plane crash and monolithic home.

This was just plain weird and, again, very enjoyable. There was a lot happening and a lot to keep up with (not just in orienting ones self in the world this novel takes place in but also in all the moving pieces). I was hooked throughout though, yes, the ending got a bit crazy. I’d recommend this but also acknowledge it won’t be for everyone. If you’re an adventurous reader who does like your thrillers to take place in sci fi settings then pick this one up!

fuzzycat's review

4.25

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

Very good, dark mystery. Nails the grossness of tech startup mentality.

kristianawithak's review

4.5

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was a wild read. Highly recommend

jordanwilde's review

4.5

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The sci-fi is fairly heavy in this one, but the real story is the question about the morality of the technology. I would definitely file this under speculative fiction and would recommended to others. I did think it dragged a bit in spots but overall it was a quick read.