THE GLASS HOTEL by Emily St. John Mandel
★★★★★
2020, Knopf
Vincent—a young woman named for American poet and playwright Edna St. Vincent Millay—is working as a bartender in a hotel on a remote island in British Columbia, when one day a message is scrawled across the hotel window that reads: “Why don’t you swallow broken glass.” This sets off the unexpected chain of events that are chronicled by Emily St. John Mandel in her highly anticipated novel The Glass Hotel, which follows Vincent from rural Canada to Wall Street as she becomes involved with a high-level financial executive, whose successful business is revealed to be fronting a Ponzi scheme. This is the first novel that Mandel has published since the release of the wildly successful Station Eleven in 2014.
You can read my full review HERE and a piece I wrote about Ponzi schemes HERE.
You can pick up a copy of The Glass Hotel here on Book Depository.
Great review! I’m so excited to read this one!
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I really need to read Mandel, don’t I?
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I loved her Station Eleven, and I’m excited about this one. Glad you loved it, Rachel!
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Good review and a nice addition with your description of Ponzi schemes.
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Thank you! 🙂
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Well now. I think I have this on Netgalley, sounds like a good one.
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Oh it’s WONDERFUL Cathy. Highly recommended!
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Good to know x
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FECK, this was one of the proof copies I left on the shelf behind my desk in the shop. Now I won’t get to it until at least June!
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FECK INDEED :(((( Can’t wait to hear your thoughts on this! The hype is real!
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😀 😀
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YES I’m so glad you loved this and so excited to read it! I’ve been waiting to pick it up until finishing the WP longlist, but I think I’ll read it between Mantel volumes because I just can’t wait. Great review!
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I’m so excited for you to read it too, I think you’re going to love it!!
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