While it wasn’t quite the twist I was expecting, it still surprised me. You’ll think you know what’s happening, and who is behind the madness, but there is a twist you definitely won’t see coming. She has help from other passengers on the ship, one of which is an ex of hers named Ben. The remainder of the novel consists of Lo trying to figure out who the girl is, and what happened to her. She gets up and rushes to her balcony to see blood smeared on the glass door in the cabin next door, the cabin of the girl she met earlier. In the wee hours of the morning, she is jolted awake by what sounds like a scream and then a body hitting the ocean water. After the dinner, and one too many drinks, Lo returns to her cabin to finally get some rest. She borrows mascara from the girl who hurriedly pushes Lo out, and to Lo’s surprise she doesn’t show up to the dinner on the ship. She meets interesting characters among the ship, and a strange girl in the cabin adjacent to hers. She is to use the trip as a networking experience, and write about all the wonders of the ship. As we know from the synopsis, Lo will be traveling on a cruise ship for her journalism job. She struggles feeling safe wherever she goes, and drinks to help herself sleep. This is a HUGE part of the rest of the novel, as it is something that sticks with Lo throughout the remainder of the novel. It’s terrifying, and it honestly made me nervous to leave my locked bedroom in the middle of the night. The whole opening sequence is written beautifully. She hears a noise and decides to investigate, she opens her door and sees a man standing there. She begins to wonder why her cat is in her room, when she doesn’t remember letting him in when she got home.

We open the book with our protagonist, Laura “Lo” Blacklock, being awoken by her cat after a drunken night. That’s usually how I decide which book to read next, because there’s usually a never ending stack on my coffee table. You’ll hear me say it more often than not, if the opening sequence of a book hooks me, I’m in. One thing I love about reading is opening sequences of books. Ruth Ware’s writing kept me entertained from beginning to end, and there is a twist that you might not see coming. That’s why I have to find out who did this to her.”Ĭoming from New York Time’s bestselling author Ruth Ware, The Woman in Cabin 10 delivers mystery and murder all at sea. Don’t you see? I know what she must have felt like, when someone came for her in the middle of the night.

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