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The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel

10 reviews

chickaboogawah's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Misogyny, Death of parent, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Alcoholism, and Confinement

maddie_can_read's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Writing/ storytelling style is very unique and while I really enjoyed it, it's defiitely not for everyone. 

I liked the descriptions of

the 2008 financial crisis from the perspectives of different characters. Thought the inclusion of multiple characters seeing ghosts was really interesting. Really beautiful bookending of the beginning and end of the story, last ten minutes of the book made it a five stars for me. Prior to the ending I thought the overaching theme wasn't as strong as author's previous books that I gave 5 stars to (station 11 - pandemic and sea of tranquility - pandemic but longer time period)

. Always enjoy the inclusion of Canadian places and characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Suicide, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Drug abuse

mrlsdevos's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, Addiction, Cancer, Terminal illness, Death, and Mental illness

Minor: Suicide

namizaela's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I love Emily St. John Mandel. She's amazing, and I can't believe it took me so long to read another one of her books, since I thoroughly enjoyed Station Eleven. The Glass Hotel, like her other books, has a haunting yet emotional plot–which for me felt like watching little trainwrecks happen, then realizing they were a consequence of a huge, devastating trainwreck that only gets revealed halfway through the book and informs everything on the pages following. She steps seamlessly through the minds and lives of the various characters, and manages to portray even the worst of them in an empathetic light. I also loved the themes of loneliness, wealth, guilt, and morality that were explored in this book, as well as her insightful commentary about the "country of money", and how that can apply to the events and characters in the book. This was so well done!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Addiction

Minor: Cancer

adventurouspotato's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Domestic abuse

itsheyfay's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

I had no idea this was connected to Sea of Tranquility, which I listened to last year, so it was neat to return to Vincent’s story.

Like her other works, Emily St John Mandel’s writing is lyrical and hypnotic, but unfortunately this could have used some editing, especially when dealing with the players involved in the Ponzi scheme.

I don’t regret reading it, but it could have been better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Classism, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Confinement

Minor: Domestic abuse

innerweststreetlibrarian's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I enjoyed Sea of Tranquility more but I’m still glad I read this one. It was interesting to get more of the back story for some of the characters in SoT, even though I didn’t particularly like any of them very much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Drug abuse, Addiction, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cancer, Terminal illness, Grief, Chronic illness, Dysphoria, Classism, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

nerdy_book_mom's review against another edition

mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction and Drug abuse

Minor: Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide

aseel_reads's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

emily writes in this really unique way that makes for such an interesting read. she interwinnes all these different stories/characters in such a seamless way. i really liked the plot, i have never read anything about a ponzi scheme. 


my only real issue was the incorrect use of mental illness - you don't OCD if you want to film in 5 minute increments...

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Drug use

pollyflorence's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I finished The Glass Hotel this morning—and while the subject matter (Ponzi schemes, the financial crisis of 2008, container shipping...) might not be the kind of thing I usually look for in a novel— Emily St. John Mandel creates such a vivid world and has a way of storytelling and weaving together various threads of a story that it made me feel invested in this story and the things the various characters experience. In many ways it’s a story of loss and grief and betrayal and looks at how we respond to these things. 

I just adore how Mandel crafts her novels and reveals the story bit by bit in a way which makes the ending so satisfying and makes you want to start the book from the beginning again. I felt the exact same way about her previous novel— Station Eleven.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Death, Dementia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide