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A review by ruthhelizabeth
Floating Hotel by Grace Curtis
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
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
I received an e-arc of this book from Net Galley in exchange for my honest review.
Floating Hotel is the story of a glamorous high tech hotel which has had many decades to settle into her bones and become home to a host of muddled and messy folks.
In each chapter you hear a little more of the story of a staff member or visitor of the hotel, learning a snapshot of their life. The world in which it is set is effortlessly queer which is always glorious to read. The hotel has become a meeting place and a comfort for wonderful connections to take place.
I really enjoyed this book. I found many of the characters to be refreshingly original and quirky and I was intrigued to learn more about them and about the fate of the Abeona, the ship.
I found the marketing a little inaccurate to my experience. I was really hoping for cosy, but a number of the scenes were too far from that description for the book to be warm and easy to read throughout. Nonetheless I am very glad I read it, and I think I am likely to read Grace Curtis' previous book in my near future.
Floating Hotel is the story of a glamorous high tech hotel which has had many decades to settle into her bones and become home to a host of muddled and messy folks.
In each chapter you hear a little more of the story of a staff member or visitor of the hotel, learning a snapshot of their life. The world in which it is set is effortlessly queer which is always glorious to read. The hotel has become a meeting place and a comfort for wonderful connections to take place.
I really enjoyed this book. I found many of the characters to be refreshingly original and quirky and I was intrigued to learn more about them and about the fate of the Abeona, the ship.
I found the marketing a little inaccurate to my experience. I was really hoping for cosy, but a number of the scenes were too far from that description for the book to be warm and easy to read throughout. Nonetheless I am very glad I read it, and I think I am likely to read Grace Curtis' previous book in my near future.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Toxic relationship, Acephobia/Arophobia, and War
CW for blackmail