The Glass Hotel

I feel like the synopsis makes this novel seem way more thrilling than it actually is. I was expecting a mystery story (oh, look, it is in the mystery category, wonder why), something that would make me turn page after page and inhale every single word, but what I got instead was five days (not even exaggerating) of struggling to get over with it already.

It isn't... bad, it's just really uninteresting. I did like the writing, I loved how the characters connected to one another, but I was also slightly confused. There are a lot of characters and I'm not exactly sure what their purpose was in this, apart from being there. In the second part, at some point someone narrates in 1st person and I still don't know who that is. Someone who worked for Alkaitis, I gathered as much, but I have no clue who they are.

At first I thought Paul will be more involved in the plot and I am mildly curious about what ever happened to him. Okay, I know what happened to him in broad lines, but the situation at the start of the book didn't get a resolve, I wanted to know more.

I do appreciate that everyone got some sort of conclusion. Well, not everyone, I have no idea what came of Melissa. Or why she was even there, but yes, most of the characters got some sort of conclusion so we weren't left hanging. I also appreciate that the novel is circular, that was a really nice touch. And this is about all the praise I have for it.

I don't know on what basis I could recommend this to anyone. Maybe if you really like vague books, with a lot of themes put one on top of the other, and slightly dull. I can't say I'm sorry I read this, but it required more effort than it should have.