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A review by crothe77
Floating Hotel by Grace Curtis
5.0
The review was made possible via an ARC through NetGalley
The Floating Hotel by Grace Curtis is a cozy science fiction about a hotel that travels through space as the planets it floats between are gutted for their resources. There are a variety of POV characters with intertwining stories who all have different reasons for being in the hotel, including Carl, the hotel manager who snuck aboard as a kid, Uwade, a former pop star who washed out and is now a concierge, and Daphne, the assistant of a countess who gets left behind by mistake and then fired by the countess.
Besides Carl, each POV only gets one chapter, but we do get to see more of them in other character’s POV. Each character has their own connections to the empire and how capitalism is affecting their lives in ways that reflect our world, such as Azad, a professor who takes bribes from upper class students who don’t care about her field of study.
There is an overarching mystery in regards to the Lamplighter, who is critical of the empire, and his identity as well as the law that citizens of the empire are not allowed to entertain the idea that aliens exist.
I liked Uwade’s POV the most and would have liked more time with her, but I also appreciated how the different characters viewed each other and the world they live in.
I would recommend this to readers looking for a cozy-ish read, smaller stakes sci-fi, or fans of multi-POV stories
The Floating Hotel by Grace Curtis is a cozy science fiction about a hotel that travels through space as the planets it floats between are gutted for their resources. There are a variety of POV characters with intertwining stories who all have different reasons for being in the hotel, including Carl, the hotel manager who snuck aboard as a kid, Uwade, a former pop star who washed out and is now a concierge, and Daphne, the assistant of a countess who gets left behind by mistake and then fired by the countess.
Besides Carl, each POV only gets one chapter, but we do get to see more of them in other character’s POV. Each character has their own connections to the empire and how capitalism is affecting their lives in ways that reflect our world, such as Azad, a professor who takes bribes from upper class students who don’t care about her field of study.
There is an overarching mystery in regards to the Lamplighter, who is critical of the empire, and his identity as well as the law that citizens of the empire are not allowed to entertain the idea that aliens exist.
I liked Uwade’s POV the most and would have liked more time with her, but I also appreciated how the different characters viewed each other and the world they live in.
I would recommend this to readers looking for a cozy-ish read, smaller stakes sci-fi, or fans of multi-POV stories