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The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel

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seoulgood's review against another edition

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mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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lindsert's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

It’s a slow build but I was drawn in. She has a way of capturing the essence of so many different perspectives. Sometimes with little exposition and a single line. I was glad I stuck with it to see how it all came together in the end.

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valjeanval's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Emily St. John Mandel has a gift for writing about liminal spaces. The spaces between countries, time period, social classes, families, strangers. She creates such a web of deep, complicated, flawed characters and takes you on a time-bending journey through their lives. I hadn't read this before I listened to Sea of Tranquility which is really a continuation and honing of the skills (and several characters) she already had nearly mastered in this novel. While there are elements of magical realism and ghost stories, it's not one of her truly speculative works like SoT or Station Eleven, but it is absolutely worth the read if you enjoyed her writing in those books.

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namizaela's review against another edition

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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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annaofjesup's review against another edition

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mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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americattt's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective 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

4.25

"She'd never believed in love at first sight but she did believe in recognition at first sight, she believed in understanding upon meeting someone for the first time that they were going to be important in her life, a sensation like recognizing a familiar face in an old photograph: in a sea of faces that mean nothing, one comes into focus. You."

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