The
Woman in Cabin 10, by Ruth Ware is a psychological thriller.
Lo
Blacklock, the narrator, is a British travel journalist who has just landed a
plum job on an exclusive cruise on along the Norwegian coast. Just a few days before the cruise, her apartment
is burgled while she is sleeping off an alcoholic haze. The incident shakes her up, leaving her
unable to sleep. To add to her anxiety,
her long-time boyfriends suggests that she move in with him, but she is unable
to make that commitment.
Thus,
the cruise begins with Lo being in an emotional fragile state. On the first evening of the cruise, she meets
the woman in the Cabin 10, the cabin next to her, and borrows a tube of
mascara. Later that evening, she hears
noise from Cabin 10, followed by a big splash that sounds like a body hitting
water. Lo calls security only to be told
that Cabin 10 is empty. There is no
guest in that cabin.
She
spends the next few days trying to convince her fellow passengers that she saw
a woman in the cabin, and now she fears that woman has been killed. No one believes her, and the “evidence” Lo
thinks she has suddenly goes missing. Is
Lo losing her mind? Was the woman in
cabin 10 really a figment of her imagination?
The
book was a page turner, but the ending fell apart as there was too much drama
to be believable. It would make a good
movie, though.
Read: February 25, 2018
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