The Glass Hotel - May 2023 Book Group discussion thread

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May 2023
10:11am, 1 May 2023
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McGoohan
Elevator gooooooooooing up.

First floor: haberdashery and pirate costumes
Second floor: bedding, household goods, guns and ammo
Third floor: secret laboratory
Fourth floor: gateway to a hell dimension, shoes, boots and cleaning materials
Fifth floor: booshop

Now. Book. Glass Hotel, The.

Thoughts?
May 2023
7:38am, 2 May 2023
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GregP
P37. Maybe we’ve finally found The Great Canadian Novel?
May 2023
8:50am, 2 May 2023
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Diogenes
Robertson Davies probably got their first.
May 2023
9:01am, 2 May 2023
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GregP
I always felt faintly guilty about not liking RD more than I did.
May 2023
9:01am, 2 May 2023
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GregP
Fair comment though.
May 2023
9:28am, 2 May 2023
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Diogenes
TBH, I haven't read him since I was a teenager so my memories of the books are vague, but I did binge-read him because I enjoyed the first one I read so much.
May 2023
7:31am, 4 May 2023
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GregP
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May 2023
4:55pm, 10 May 2023
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Serendippily
Really enjoyed it, thank you. More so than station 11, as i find dystopian novels crowd each other out a bit, and its hard not to get distracted into comparing them.
May 2023
4:57pm, 10 May 2023
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Serendippily
Second straight ten, book group is on a roll
May 2023
6:31pm, 17 May 2023
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quimby
I loved it, until it ended. An 8 from me. The ending was "oh, so that's it?". I wanted to know more, I wanted more loose ends tied up.

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Elevator gooooooooooing up.

First floor: haberdashery and pirate costumes
Second floor: bedding, household goods, guns and ammo
Third floor: secret laboratory
Fourth floor: gateway to a hell dimension, shoes, boots and cleaning materials
Fifth floor: bookshop

Now. Book. Glass Hotel, The.

Thoughts?









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