The Glass Hotel Book Reviews

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Wonderful read. Just a great novel with fun characters, nice dialogue, and a thoughtful, melancholy, enjoyable story

Disappointing. Started off strong, then just rambled to a dull ending

Stunning. Sparkling and haunting. This one will stay with me

Fun but scattered. While the book did make for a good read, it has quite a few characters and jumps between times and characters with almost no pattern. Very unique ideas with events playing into each other or character relationships coming and going but at times, it just feels like the memories from a scatterbrained narrator.

Masterful weaving of charcters. Great mystery-ghost story-literary novel. Couldn’t put it down except to sleep for a couple hours.

Quick beach read. I liked the way the characters were woven together and the theme of “is any one really innocent/ aren’t we all complicit “ was interesting. I was waiting for a little bit more mystery and intrigue though that never quite came… overall enjoyable and felt compelled to continue to finish but otherwise likely won’t re-read in the future

Not my cuppa. This is my second book by this author. I think her disjointed style of going everywhere and nowhere writing just didn’t for me. I feel like her books are almost trying too hard to be profound. Or maybe I’m just not profound enough to get it. Idk. But I haven’t connected with the characters or her story either time. I guess I was interested enough to finish. But ultimately disappointed because just as I suspected, it just kind of ends. No real conclusion. No real aim. I also really hate the cover. Actually, that’s wrong. I love the cover. But the cover implies a mystery. A bit of a thrill. The blurb does too. But alas, the reality is neither. And the glass hotel is barely in the story and I’m not sure why that’s the name of the story. Idk. This just didn’t work for me. I almost gave it 3 stars because I could see it becoming a more interesting movie with a good director. And I could see why other people would like this…unique style of writing. But as I wrote my review; I realized just how much I didn’t care for it. So I settled on two stars since I did finish and do see some merits even if I didn’t enjoy it.

The Glass Hotel. The title is a bit on the nose. Beautifully written but depressing. Only the main character had any redeeming qualities but she was like a little paper boat going down a sewer drain…life inevitably dragging her down due to no inherent defenses. And waaay too much sympathy for the devils in the story. Too much ennui in place of moral outrage.

Suspended Depression. Lives wasted, potential—drizzled over sawdust. I kept waiting for the author’s grip to convince me that these people were interesting…They never were.

Thank you. It is rare and beautiful. Feel of envy. Ghosts. Betrayal. Truth. And mostly love. Thank you.

Moral Compromises. “The Glass Hotel” is another brilliant journey through the human experience by Emily St. John Mandel. Her style and the voice she gives her characters is so distinguishable from others. In this novel we get more of that meta analysis on the human condition, specifically on what it means to find one’s purpose in life. What’s different in this book is the timeline and setting. Grounded and in the present compared to her other future-scape novels. The contemporary backdrop makes this book even more personable and challenges your understanding of self accountability. The cadre of players across the chapters have their unique personal baggage and their moral inconsistencies. St. John Mandel, however, does not make it easy to judge them blindly. We are in their lived experience and in their struggles completely. All thanks to the careful framing and character development she meters out over the pages. What really moves me about this book and other St. John Mandel works is that her novels capture the stories of relationships against the bleakest of settings. The Glass Hotel in particular takes us through a deeply human problem. Specifically, the nuanced sequence of events that precedes us making decisions that leave us in a state of moral compromise. What follows is the guilt and isolation from wrestling with that pain. A great read and highly recommended.

Loved!. Must read!

Riveting Read. From one of my favorite writers, a breathtaking book about loneliness, risk, and loss. It takes you inside the lives of the extremely wealthy and corrupt hedge funds, to the quiets of small town Caiette.

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