Floating Hotel had a really intriguing premise – a luxury hotel that floats, untethered, around the world, catering to the ultra-rich and eccentric. Curtis created an imaginative world, and the descriptions of the hotel itself were lush and captivating.

The characters, however, felt a little less developed to me. While there were glimpses of depth, particularly with the protagonist, their motivations weren't always clear, and some of the relationships felt a bit rushed or underdeveloped. I think the story would have benefited from a bit more time spent exploring the characters' backstories and lives. The plot itself was a bit of a mixed bag. There were moments of suspense and intrigue, but at times, the pacing felt uneven. I also felt like the book touched on some interesting themes – class, privilege, isolation – but didn't quite explore them as fully as I would have liked.

Floating Hotel was an enjoyable read, but it didn't quite live up to its full potential. The world-building was definitely a strong point, and Curtis has a talent for creating a sense of atmosphere. It's a decent read for anyone looking for a light and escapist novel with a unique setting.

Floating Hotel was a fun and comfy read which I didn't expect from a sci-fi novel. It is very clearly influenced by Grand Budapest Hotel right down to the heist aspect of it. What it was missing was that integral "Wes Anderson-ness". Having said that, i still enjoyed it!

This was a really fun sci-fi read. I love when a book is set in space, but there’s not too much technical jargon to get my head round.

Love the concept of a spaceship hotel touring around planets. A bit like a luxury space cruise. I enjoyed the little insights into different places we got from different characters’ perspectives and backgrounds.

There’s lots of fun characters, a wonderfully diverse cast. I personally really liked the changes of perspective each chapter. That style isn’t going to be for everyone but I love when we get to explore characters in more depth and get insight into what’s going on for everyone internally.

Going into this I didn’t really know much other than that it was set in a hotel in space. I kinda expected some actual aliens. I guess my only niggle was that I wanted inter-species interactions in a cool space hotel. But I can see why the plot went a different way and it was kind of sadly believable as a futuristic image of human society in space.

As someone who isn’t a big sci-fi reader this was a hit for me.

This was such a boring book to listen too, there are no stakes or plot to speak off and the characters were lacklustre..

La verdad, lo de cozy science fiction fue lo que me atrajo en primer lugar de Floating Hotel, porque sentía mucha curiosidad sobre cómo se iban a articular dos tendencias que parecen dispares (luego descubrí que también hay obras de cozy horror, lo que convierte las acrobacias mentales de la cozy science fiction en un paseo por el parque).


Floating Hotel es una novela coral, es un slice of life pero situado en una nave espacial que navega en una ruta circular por el sistema solar y ese es el componente de ciencia ficción. Por lo demás, se podría situar perfectamente en un crucero de lujo y la historia se podría mantener (más o menos) igual. Por lo tanto, cuando nos adentramos en esta novela, partimos de la base de que ciencia ficción tiene más bien poca, lo que no quita que sea una lectura agradable y simpática.

La plétora de personajes que habitan el Grand Abeona Hotel son el principal interés de la obra. Desde el manager que gestiona de manera impecable el hotel, habiendo aprendido el oficio desde pequeño pasando por los científicos que están allí de simposio, llegando a los espías que parecen medrar en sus habitaciones. Como novela con múltiples puntos de vista que es, al principio cuesta un poco seguir el hilo de lo que Grace Curtis nos tiene preparado, pero una vez que llegamos a la velocidad de crucero, no hay grandes escollos en nuestra ruta.

Como trasfondo, un malvado Imperio Galáctico (¿habrá alguna vez un Imperio Galáctico benevolente?) que nos acaba importando poco porque lo mejor son las historias de cada personaje. Es cierto que hay tantos que a veces algunos están mejor posicionados que otros, con una exposición más atractiva o simplemente un pasado mejor explicado, pero en general para tratarse de una novela de personajes, el equilibrio entre todos está bastante bien llevado. ¿Se podrían haber quitado algunos? Seguramente sí y hubiera habido un poco más de espacio para que los demás personajes pudieran dejarnos más huella.

La narración del audiolibro de Lauryn Allman es impecable, con una entonación sensual que se ajusta como anillo al dedo al tono de la novela, enhorabuena por este casting tan acertado. Es cierto que tuve un pequeño problema técnico con la reproducción del audiolibro, ya que el tanto por ciento de avance de la lectura estaba mal calculado, así que acabé el libro llegando al 110% del mismo, pero es un problema menor aunque curioso.

En definitiva se trata de una novela muy en la línea de las últimas publicaciones de Becky Chambers, como The Galaxy, and the Ground Within .

I loved listening to this Audiobook. The Narration was great, the Story was amazing. Really looking forward to read more of Curtis books.

DNF, unfortunately. I found this rather hard to follow as with such a large cast of characters and every chapter diverting to a new perspective, I wasn't able to grasp the movement of the plot or the core of the story. I'd like to think I'd have a better job of following it in print, but with the audiobook it felt far too detached for me to cling on. Not one for me.

The whole thing with every chapter being from a different POV didn't work for me. It certainly didn't give any sense of found family.
I enjoyed the narrator of the audiobook.
Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.