All these different forces at work come together to create a highly readable but still intelligent novel, one you should be glad to tuck into while stuck at home.
I also love the gossipy nature of the ponzi scheme conflict, and the glamorous world of the ultra-wealthy set against the lives of ‘regular’ people. Mandel’s writing is a thing of beauty, and the plot she weaves among her memorable characters is well timed, keeping all 300 pages turning at a steady rate. My review below isn’t too earth shattering as I I really enjoyed this book and in my eyes it’s worth all the attention its getting. What kept me reading was the well-crafted story. The Glass Hotel's inciting catastrophe the collapse of a Bernie Madoff-size con departs from the speculative (and, suddenly, prescient) intrigue of Eleven's flu pandemic, but Mandel's. John Mandel? Well I’m sorry to say that the glass hotel itself doesn’t play too large a role in the plot, but I did enjoy our short glimpses into it nonetheless.
Is the idea of visiting a remote glass hotel off an island a terrifying thought, or a welcome one? Personally, I love immersing myself in nature, so the idea of sitting in a five-star resort with not another soul in sight (other than the staff mixing my cocktails) is immensely appealing to me – even during a pandemic! Perhaps this is one reason why I was so excited to read T he Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel takes on a fictional Ponzi scheme and the financial crisis of 2008, a smaller scale end-of-the-world scenario for many of the books characters.
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