INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF IN A DARK, DARK WOOD Featured in TheSkimm An Entertainment Weekly “Summer Must List” Pick A New York Post “Summer Must-Read” Pick Included in Summer Book Guides from Bustle, Oprah.com, PureWow, and USA TODAY An instant New York Times bestseller, The Woman in Cabin 10 is a gripping psychological thriller set at sea from an … New York Times bestseller, The Woman in Cabin 10 is a gripping psychological thriller set at sea from an essential mystery writer in the tradition of Agatha Christie.
In this tightly wound, enthralling story reminiscent of Agatha Christie’s works, Lo Blacklock, a journalist who writes for a travel magazine, has just been given the assignment of a lifetime: a week on a luxury cruise with only a handful of cabins. The sky is clear, the waters calm, and the veneered, select guests jovial as the exclusive cruise ship, the Aurora, begins her voyage in the picturesque North Sea. At first, Lo’s stay is nothing but pleasant: the cabins are plush, the dinner parties are sparkling, and the guests are elegant. But as the week wears on, frigid winds whip the deck, gray skies fall, and Lo witnesses what she can only describe as a dark and terrifying nightmare: a woman being thrown overboard. The problem? All passengers remain accounted for–and so, the ship sails on as if nothing has happened, despite Lo’s desperate attempts to convey that something (or someone) has gone terribly, terribly wrong…
With surprising twists, spine-tingling turns, and a setting that proves as uncomfortably claustrophobic as it is eerily beautiful, Ruth Ware offers up another taut and intense read in The Woman in Cabin 10–one that will leave even the most sure-footed reader restlessly uneasy long after the last page is turned.
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Excellent author! Excellent mystery!
Couldn’t put it down! Kept me guessing until the end!
Not as good as her other books
Damn! I think I’ve found my new favourite psychological thriller author and it is Ruth Ware! The Woman in Cabin 10 is a fast paced suspenseful book that is very hard to put down!
Lo Blacklock has had a difficult couple of weeks. Her London flat has been broken into and her relationship with her boyfriend has come to an end. In an effort to boost her career, she receives an opportunity to get out of town and cover the maiden voyage of a luxury cruise liner which is headed to see the Northern Lights. On the first night on board, Lo hears a woman screaming and the sound of something slashing overboard. When she seeks out help, all the passengers are accounted for and no one believes what Lo had heard.
From there this book takes you on a wild ride of whether to believe Lo or the other passengers who think she’s had a wee bit too many gin and tonics. Has Lo gone off her rocker? Did she really witness someone being thrown overboard? The tension mounts and Lo clings to what she believes but how far will she go to prove what she thinks she saw?
Another masterful book by Ruth Ware! Her writing is captivating and energetic, leaving me wanting more from the plot. The dialogue, too, is crisp and draws you into the twists and turns of this thriller. The build up is what really made me unable to put this book down. I really wanted to know what was going to happen at the end, and boy, was this fantastic ending.
I would say this gave off a Agatha Christie’s style Murder on the Orient Express vibe. I really felt like I was with Lo on the cruise trying to piece together the ‘who done it’ aspect. I loved that type of form in writing, where you want to find out every little detail like detective Hercule Poirot!
Like I said before, Ruth Ware has outdone herself again with The Woman in Cabin 10. I might just have to make more room on my bookshelves for a section of her books because she has certainly enchanted me with her writing. If you’re looking for something that captivates you while you’re reading, but also has that creepy edge, Ruth Ware’s The Woman in Cabin 10 is the book for you!
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I enjoyed this book, the bit of dry humor and the suspense. I didn’t see the end coming, didn’t know what to expect before the last few pages and wanted to get there. I thought the narrator of this ebook did a great job.
I read this book in two days. Could not put it down.
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**3.5/5 stars**
The Woman in Cabin 10 was recommended to me by a work friend. I had been interested in the book but had not sprung on the purchase just yet, and she just so happened to have a copy that she had just finished. I’d been extremely busy with school and work at the time, so it took quite a while to read it, but had I had the time to devote to it, this book could have easily been read in a couple days. It moves quickly, and it keeps you guessing. Ruth Ware inserts little teasers throughout the book that drive the intrigue. As far as you’ve understood from the synopsis and what you’ve read, Lo watched a woman get thrown overboard, so why does the outside world believe that she herself has gone missing? Ware skillfully delves into the realm of post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, alcohol-dependency, and the stigma of prescription anti-depressants as Lo tries to come to terms with what is real and what might just be all in her head. Contemporary tales are not my typical genre, but this book was a solid read and very enjoyable.
Very intriguing and suspenseful!
This book had me on the edge of my seat, and increasingly more as the story progressed. The Woman In Cabin 10 follows journalist Laura Blacklock (a.k.a. Lo) who is on the maiden voyage of an expensive yacht traveling throughout the Norwegian fjords. Right from the beginning I was pulled into the mystery of the missing woman shortly after she has made a brief appearance and Lo’s struggles to try and get people to listen to her when she convinces them that something sinister has happened to the woman in cabin 10. Everyone seems to be a suspect(passengers and crew) as the story progresses and when it all finally hits the fan, be ready for the crazy ride full of lies, double-crosses and some serious action as it all comes to a stunning and unforeseen end. It reminds me somewhat of the style in which Agatha Christie would write. Lots of things that don’t appear as they really are in that type of thing. This is my first time reading a book by Ruth Ware, but it will not be my last!
Will you figure out what really happened to her? Great twist. Even greater finish
This is a good and exciting book, and while you can not let it go of your hand, the surprises in the plot were entirely predictable (but didn’t detract of pleasure.) Sometimes I felt a deja vu feeling, especially in those twists I had already seen in TV thriller series.
While the story take place in one scenario, it evolve in different settings. Each room is described in detail by Ware making you feel that you are walking through the cabins and corridor of the Aurora. I did enjoyed the twisted story and randomness group of characters. In my opinion the end was cut off short. I was expecting a more elaborate ending, like in her previous book.
I give this book between three and four stars, so averaged up to a four. It was suspenseful, I did keep turning the pages, but there were several parts I had a hard time knitting the pieces together. The main character begins very self-deprecating, which adds to her lack of credibility in the beginning. Translation: She drank. A lot. You need to read all the way through to get the final twist. It was good, just not great.
Honestly, I think this book was built up beyond any realistic expectation. I didn’t find myself connecting with the main character. I was ambivalent. I wanted to love it, but just couldn’t quite get there.
A solid read, this book is atmospheric and intriguing with plenty of twists and a fantastically unstable and unpredictable main character. The claustrophobic atmosphere was similar to Agatha Christie’s style (eg Murder on the Orient). I highly recommend.
Good writing, intricate plot and good character descriptions
The story was good, but the pace was too slow. I would have edited big chunks of it out. The main character was frustrating… maybe a bit too much. A hint of Girl on a Train kind of frustrating, because she can’t get a grip and focus, most of the time she’s drunk… her memories cloudy, which is precisely the problem.
It was entertaining, though.
SLOWWWW
I did not enjoy this book. I’d heard it was really good but I found that the characters were so underdeveloped that I didn’t even remember their names. It dragged on and on until the very end. I would personally not recommend this book because I found it boring.
I found the main character in this book completely unlikable! Every decision she made was predictably wrong. I WILL say there were several characters who were suspicious, but I guessed the ending long before the end!