There are countries of sickness, countries of money, countries of poverty, countries of drug addiction, and countries of complicity.Īs writing book descriptions for complicated books is one of my least favorite things to do in the world here is how Amazon describes this sprawling novel: The idea that there are different countries that one can enter and leave based on certain events or circumstances is a recurring theme. This idea that choices change trajectories and those choices lock our trajectories are pervasive. I do not believe in fate, but I do believe a single choice can alter your life and a series of choices defines it. Yet there is something missing to tie it all together, other than the Caiette Hotel, the glass hotel of the title, that tangentially connects them all. All the characters make choices and choose to believe or not believe certain truths about themselves. The trajectory – and tyranny – of choice lies at the heart of the novel. Takeaways from the novel will likely vary from reader to reader and I think it may change depending on the age of the reader. The problem with The Glass Hotel, which is a very good book bordering on great, is at times it feels steeped in metaphor that has no clear meaning the reader can ascribe. I spent the last several minutes trying to locate a passage in The Glass Hotel that demonstrated both the quality of the writing and the premise of the novel.
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