Krysten’s Review

Great book! A modern retelling of And Then There Were None. Lots of action and red herrings that kept me guessing until the end. The fact that Lo was flawed to the point of being an unreliable narrator also had a lot to do with that. (She reminded me quite a bit of the narrator of The Girl on the Train, where you don’t really know what’s being filtered out and colored by alcohol and experience.)

I love Ware’s writing style and careful word choices (as a side note, I’ve never read “avuncular” and “vertiginous” more than once in the same book—not sure if that’s amusing or comes off as a little pretentious), and I enjoyed the emails and text messages sprinkled throughout that foreshadowed what was to come.

I was a little confused about who all the other passengers were and had some difficulty keeping them straight (especially the men). I also thought the fact that both Lo and the guy who was supposed to be in cabin 10 were both robbed right before the trip was a little too coincidental; I started thinking the two events were connected somehow, though I suppose that’s the whole point of red herrings.

I also think there were a few loose ends that were left hanging at the conclusion (Ben, for instance), but overall I was satisfied with the ending. Looking forward to reading In a Dark, Dark Wood next… and definitely will never, ever go on a cruise!