Reviews

Floating Hotel by Grace Curtis

dennisbnlc's review

lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.75

sparkles_f's review against another edition

3.0

3.5

swashreads's review against another edition

lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.0

rachelanne345's review

adventurous mysterious reflective relaxing medium-paced

3.0

harrow_nash's review against another edition

lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.0

mvp815's review

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

2.0

sherbetfrosting's review

mysterious reflective relaxing slow-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? No

4.5

storyseeker5000's review against another edition

slow-paced

3.0

shmadsie's review

4.0

4.5. This starts out real slow but ends up someplace very warm and kind.

sparksbooks's review against another edition

5.0

This story has such a unique storytelling mechanism, following a different member of the crew or passenger of the Grand Abeona Hotel, a hotel-ship that flies through the galaxy on a path from planet to planet, picking up and dropping off passengers along the way. I love how the different paths of the characters weave together to unwrap a mystery plaguing the Abeona - who is the mysterious Lamplighter?

There is some great commentary about the hospitality industry in here, as well as some anti-imperialist messages in the form of the quirkiness of the Abeona, some illegal movie watching (the emperor is not a fan of movies featuring non-human “aliens”), and the Lamplighter who is believed to be on the Abeona and sending out messages against the empire.

I had a blast reading this one and chuckled over so many of the silly things happening in this book during the cozy times at the start, but found myself wrapped up in the mystery and intrigue as the book went on and before I knew it, the book ended. I flew it faster than I thought I would and loved every second of it.

Thank you to DAW Books and Netgalley for my ARC of this book. These are my honest thoughts about the book.