Kadomi reviewed The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
Review of 'The Woman in Cabin 10' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
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.