"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. At first, Lo's stay is nothing but pleasant as the exclusive cruise ship, the Aurora, begins her voyage in the picturesque North Sea. But as the week wears on, frigid winds ship 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 has gone terribly wrong."--Page [4] cover.
I found this to be very enjoyable overall. I was not able to figure out what was going on until it was revealed. I felt it was well-done considering the small spaxe that the ship provides.
The last 3rd of the book really started to drag on, though, so I bumped it down to a 3.5.
Slow at first but gains steam in the second half. I didn’t like the MC Lo and felt her to just be a not nice person. Her attitude about how she treats people just never changes even when her circumstances do. The plot was enough to keep me wanting to know more and that’s what got me through. A fast, summer read that was overall not too bad.
I really need to stop reading thrillers for a while, because this was the second thriller in a short time that followed the 'The Girl on a Train' mold to a T, even in the title.
Basically, vaguely unlikeable female protagonist with alcohol/drug issues witnesses a murder, nobody believes her, she tries to prove it. I just read this book as 'The Woman in the Window' so why am I doing this to myself?
I mean, I read this in a relatively short time, and I wasn't bored, it just was a bit predictable and formulaic, and I don't like that. Don't try to write another Gone Girl, or The Girl on the Train, be more creative.
This one didn't even have a surprise twist at the end. The only bit I really liked was the setting. It's set on a cruise boat, the protagonist gets to travel in luxury …
I really need to stop reading thrillers for a while, because this was the second thriller in a short time that followed the 'The Girl on a Train' mold to a T, even in the title.
Basically, vaguely unlikeable female protagonist with alcohol/drug issues witnesses a murder, nobody believes her, she tries to prove it. I just read this book as 'The Woman in the Window' so why am I doing this to myself?
I mean, I read this in a relatively short time, and I wasn't bored, it just was a bit predictable and formulaic, and I don't like that. Don't try to write another Gone Girl, or The Girl on the Train, be more creative.
This one didn't even have a surprise twist at the end. The only bit I really liked was the setting. It's set on a cruise boat, the protagonist gets to travel in luxury as part of her job as a travel journalist, on a trip from England to Bergen in Norway. It made it feel a bit like Murder on the Orient Express. But that was the only extraordinary bit, really.
So, a whole bag of meh on this one.
