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