The Glass Hotel

I did enjoy the one page that was set at Oceano Dunes SVRA, where Brand New Box did a project once.

Noted on August 26, 2025

An easygoing read from Mandel; like Sea of Tranquility it's clear that she's a really skilled writer. What is less clear to me is: what is this book... about? for? We have this slightly kaleidoscopic shifting from focus characters who overlap and mirror each other, mostly centered around Vincent, but with only some brief time really inhabiting her viewpoint. I found the Bernie-Madoff-equivalent story to be fine, but I don't really get: why? Who is clamoring for a humanizing story here? I have just found myself consistently confused by the aims of this book. Which is OK, that's an interesting thing by itself, I guess?

Noted on August 25, 2025