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The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
4.25
dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I really really liked this book. There was a period of time where I thought it'd get the same or a higher rating than Station Eleven (4.5), but it fizzled out a bit towards the end for me. It kinda went down a magic realism (?) route —
Not the "Jonathan in prison" parts, I thought that worked really well
— and I'm not sure how I felt about that...it kinda took me out of the world that I'd been immersed in. And it also seemed to drag a little. Overall, I loved the writing style, the jumping around in time, the structure, the different POVs, narration styles, etc...and I'm a sucker for financial fraud storylines. 😅