From there things droop back down to the slow start I anticipated. Admittedly I was partially wrong about that – there’s a bit of action right away at the beginning. I’m personally not a fan of this sort of beginning – not only does it feel like a spoiler, but it usually indicates a slower start for the novel (why else would they need to throw a hook at the beginning?). The Woman in Cabin 10 starts off with a teaser (from about halfway through the book? Maybe a little bit more). Though it was nice seeing Lo try and pull herself together for the sake of saving herself and another person (I won’t say whom, for obvious reasons).
While I can see how this may be realistic for some people, it had the unfortunate side effect of pushing away the readers too (at least it did in my case). Her way of coping with problems was to drink excessively and push people away. It was also that I had a lot of trouble connecting with the main character, Lo Blacklock. I may have had to put the book back down for a couple days (I swear I didn’t wait until he got back home or anything…). The one week my husband is out of town, leaving me home alone, I decide to pick up a novel when it starts off with a woman home alone getting burgled. This was partially a timing problem on my part. I had a lot of trouble getting into this book. I’m hoping with time I’ll forget it and it’ll become a safe read again (the advantage of having a poor memory!). There are a few reasons for this, but mostly because I happened to accidentally come across the ending online. It’s probably worth noting that I have yet to read Ruth Ware’s debut novel, In a Dark, Dark World. I love it when risks like that are taken. First I would just like to say that this cover isn’t like any other I’ve owned – the image alone is beautiful, but then you add on the texture, yes texture, and it’s just amazing! The raindrops running down the “glass” on the book cover are actually 3D, and it’s pretty phenomenal. With The Lying Game’s recent release, I decided there was no time like the present to finally read the Woman in Cabin 10 (a book I’ve been meaning to read for almost a year now).
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