Audiobook Review and Movie Comparison of The Woman in Cabin 10
The Woman in Cabin 10
Series: Lo Blacklock #1
Author: Ruth Ware
Narrator: Imogen Church
Published: July 19, 2016
Audiobook: 11 hours 14 minutes
Reviewed By: Jessica
Dates Listened To: November 27- December 4, 2025
Jessica’s Rating: 4 stars
Book Description:
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.
Jessica’s Review:
The Woman in Cabin 10 was my first Ruth Ware and Imogen Church novel. Since then if I am going to ‘read’ a Ware novel, I make sure I will listen to it as these two women are perfect together! I have a friend, Devin who feels the same way about these novels. I listened to Cabin 10 shortly after it came out in 2016 and enjoyed it. My review is here. Listening to it again, I can’t add much more to my previous review. I chose to listen to it again as the movie was going to be released on Netflix and I wanted the book fresh in my memory when I watched the film. In addition to the film, Ware even wrote a sequel! I enjoyed Cabin 10 as I did the first time and gave it four stars again.
Anything that Ruth Ware writes, I will listen to!
Movie Comparison
Movie Trailer
My Thoughts on the Movie Compared to the Book:
This is simple: DO NOT COMPARE the book and film! It is the same basic premise in both with two very different ways of going about the story. Even the endings are different. If you do not compare then you will enjoy both. It took me about halfway through the film before I stopped comparing, and once I did, I really enjoyed the film. The book was very recent in my memory from listening to it a second time.
I would say definitely watch the film first and then read the novel. With all of the differences these are almost two completely different stories. One thing that bothered me about the film: Lo/ Laura has no PTSD to deal with and not an alcoholic so there was no reason for the fellow passengers to not believe her.
Purchase Links:
The film is solely on Netflix.
Novel
Amazon US
Amazon UK