3.5 stars.

TIP FOR POTENTIAL READERS: Try not to read the Goodreads synopsis. Likely you already have if you're reading this, but do your best to forget it. For me, I think it ruins the progression of the book and you'd be better off not knowing all that is coming.

That being said, this book is more of a character study than a plot-driven book...as you would probably expect for a book shelved as literary fiction. The Glass Hotel is a wandering story circling primarily (though sometimes heavily peripherally) around Vincent, who leads an eclectic life following the disappearance of her mother when Vincent is 13.

The plot is very random and disorienting with several moving pieces that slowly revolve around each other and come together. I enjoyed the intelligence in the writing and found the story interesting, but still a bit unfulfilling -- leaving me with something of an empty filling. I will admit though that I do find this situation fairly regularly in my reading of literary fiction, so lovers of this genre may not find this to be anything of an issue.