[Book Review] : The Woman In Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

Start - Finish Read : August 4th - August 10th, 2018

Bought From : Buku Kita (Online)

Date : July 18th, 2018

Price : IDR 71.400

My Summary :

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.

*Source : From Goodreads

My Letter :

Dear Fellow Readers,

So I was in the mood for some suspense thriller and I decided to pick this up. A psychological thriller by Ruth Ware with an unreliable narrator. I read The Woman In Cabin 10 in Indonesia translation. Well, it's not the best and annoyed me a little bit but I survived.

It is irrefutably such a cozy and light suspense thriller if you want some easy and yet surprising read. At the beginning, we have this troubled protagonist who just so messed up. With things that has happened to her, her alcoholism and her paranoia. Luckily, my interest get picked as she delved some clues on her investigation when nobody trust her. And as people around her gave some unnerving thoughts, nevertheless its developing her character. The atmosphere of the story gave me claustrophobic and also I find her paranoia is annoying. It is just too much for me.

Dear Ruth Ware,
I like how you slowly unravel about Lo's personal story and I can understand why she is like that, but unfortunately I still can't engage with her. At some point, I was hoping that you will let Lo to doubt herself a little bit longer, but hey, no further complaints. I understand that it's meant to be a fast-paced story. Though I was expecting more for the ending. Towards the end, I feel like you were in a rush to wrap the story up.

On the other hand, I'd like to give you a pat on the back for succeeded in misleading me. Just right when I suspect something, instead the other thing happened. Your storytelling style is simple yet effective to pick my interest. And as the plot thicken, I started to enjoy the book more.

At the end, I am sorry to say but it's not a kind of read that really got me on the edge of my seat but I gotta admit it that you caught me off guard.

♥

Mima