A review by namizaela
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel

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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