So for Christmas I’m considering getting “The Glass Hotel” and "Sea of Tranquility” for my mom, since “Station Eleven” is her all-time favorite book and TV show and I’ve heard these two have a similar vibe. Do you think she’d enjoy them? Which book do you think is more similar to Station Eleven? And which one did you enjoy more?

  • combotron3000@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Fairly similar vibes, and actually they’re connected through the story in Sea of Tranquility.

  • VariationNo7977@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I liked both books but preferred Glass Hotel. Sea of Tranquility is good but Glass Hotel feels more complete for back of a better term.

    I would say Tranquility is closer to Station Eleven thematically. One of the main characters in Tranquility is a stand in for Mandel and her experience after writing Station Eleven.

  • edhamilton23@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I’ve just finished both. Tranquility deals with the question of bending time. The Glass Hotel is more of a character study in more traditional situations. I enjoyed Glass more as I prefer deep character novels.