Chelsea (gofetchabook)'s Reviews > Glass Houses

Thank you to Tor Books for my gifted copy of this book for review.

This book ended up not really being for me, but I think others might enjoy it. I appreciated that it was a fairly quick read. I read it in one evening after dinner.

It is advertised as "for fans of Black Mirror," and I can see how it has Black Mirror vibes. I was a Black Mirror fan, but I found this story kind of hard to follow.

A team from a tech company ends up stranded after a plane crash. They find an odd large glass house on the island that has everything they need, and it is a little too convenient. Someone knows more than they are saying about what is going on.

My issue was mostly that I had a difficult time following this book. There is a lot of futuristic technology involved., which didn't bother me. The plot felt a little jumbled and things felt like they were just happening with no real build up.

The personalities of the characters were a little bizarre. They all survived a plane crash where some of their friends and colleagues did not, yet they were all still bickering and hating each other over small petty things. It just didn't seem to fit. Their attitudes would have made more sense if they had landed there for a work retreat or something.

The ending also wasn't entirely clear to me. I would recommend giving it a try if you are into Black Mirror. I think if someone can make more sense of it than I did, they will enjoy it more than me.