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#weeklyfavorites @Read4life 🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃 Loved this weird dark cozy sci-fi! Full of quirky characters, lots of intrigue, and a fantastic setting, this book checked all my boxes.

My current read for book club.

I liked this "cozy" sci fi but I wish I had read it in print instead of listening to it on audio. There were too many characters and little sub plots for my brain to keep up with without being able to refer back to a hard copy. But I did get into it.

I'm not sure I would have labeled it a cozy when there was mild torture and murder and an evil empire with familiar traits. It seemed too stressful in parts to be cozy.

My October #Bookspin picks! @TheAromaofBooks
A cozy sci-fi and a paranormal romance ✨

Character-driven science fiction of the kind described as cozy, notwithstanding murder and torture. The premise is great, like an old star-studied movie: a lot of people, all with their own secrets, living out interconnected stories in an hotel spaceship. The plotting isn't as well done as the prose, and I felt let down by the ending, though it does have some lovely poignancy.

Each chapter is a vignette of a staff member or a guest aboard a luxury spaceship hotel. So many characters to keep up with and really, not much happens. This is more character driven and I prefer plot driven! I‘m not really sure what the author was trying to say or what the point was.

#bookspinbingo
#pop25 - book about space tourism

Floating Hotel, by Grace Curtis (2024)

Premise: The stories of the passengers and crew of a spaceship hotel whose best days are behind it.

Review: This is branded as ‘cozy sci fi‘, and while it takes place in space and has low-stakes, character-driven stories, it felt too distant to be cozy. It also could have been set at a grand European hotel during WWII with very little change. Cont.

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There's a lot here that I loved, but the book was clearly developed towards an ending that didn't quite land for me. Or maybe it was simply a bit sadder than I wanted it to be?
I love the idea of a luxury hotel in space that is truly a haven for a misfit staff. 1/?

Classy villain behaviour. 😮‍💨

Oooh, new fave adjective + onomatopoeia combo. Little bit steampunk.

Today's 'scratched my brain just right' phrase. 🌌

Current reads colourway. A little purple, a little blue, a little sci-fi, a little fantasy(reread). 🥰💜💙

I tried to gel with this book, but it didn't work. Due to each chapter being from a different character's POV, it was hard to follow the underlying plot of the story. The many POV were supposed to give the story a found family vibe, but I was never convinced of it. All in all, it seemed more like a collection of short stories that are interconnected than a novel with a thriller-ish plot and fully fleshed-out characters.

#NetGalley #ARC #MountARC

Lovely, engaging, cozy sci-fi populated with wonderful characters. The ending was less than satisfying, but spending time with the staff and guests of the Grand Abeona was well worth the time.

I am loving everything about this book! I'm desperately going to need more cozy sci-fi in my life!

42/150 At first, I didn't see how the various character vignettes were going to come together as a story, but as things progressed, the pasts of the staff of the Grand Abeona Hotel and their guests began to intertwine and create a rich tapestry. The ending left me wanting more of these characters, so I hope the author plans to write more books in this universe 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
42nd book finished for #Readaway2024 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES @Andrew65