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
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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.
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Book to Film Adaptation Comparison: Shutter Island
Today Kim is going to bring you a video of book to film adaption comparison of Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane.
Shutter Island
Author: Dennis Lehame
Published: April 27, 2004
369 Pages
Book Description:
The year is 1954. U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels and his new partner, Chuck Aule, have come to Shutter Island, home of Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane, to investigate the disappearance of a patient. Multiple murderess Rachel Solando is loose somewhere on this remote and barren island, despite having been kept in a locked cell under constant surveillance. As a killer hurricane relentlessly bears down on them, a strange case takes on even darker, more sinister shades—with hints of radical experimentation, horrifying surgeries, and lethal countermoves made in the cause of a covert shadow war. No one is going to escape Shutter Island unscathed, because nothing at Ashecliffe Hospital is what it seems. But then neither is Teddy Daniels.
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Misery By Stephen King: A Book Review and Movie Comparison
Today Kim is going to bring you a book review and movie comparison to Stephen King’s Misery:
Misery
Author: Stephen King
Published: June 8, 1987
422 Pages
Reviewed By: Kim
Kim’s Rating: 5 stars
Book Description:
Bestselling novelist Paul Sheldon thinks he’s finally free of Misery Chastain. In a controversial career move, he’s just killed off the popular protagonist of his beloved romance series in favor of expanding his creative horizons. But such change doesn’t come without consequences. After a near-fatal car accident in rural Colorado leaves his body broken, Paul finds himself at the mercy of the terrifying rescuer who’s nursing him back to health—his self-proclaimed number one fan, Annie Wilkes. Annie is very upset over what Paul did to Misery, and demands that he find a way to bring her back by writing a new novel—his best yet, and one that’s all for her. After all, Paul has all the time in the world to do so as a prisoner in her isolated house…and Annie has some very persuasive and violent methods to get exactly what she wants….
Kim’s Review:
This is easily my favorite of King’s books that I’ve read so far. The movie was brilliant, in almost every way. So of course, I needed to read the book. And the book was brilliant as well! It’s a fascinating look at obsession. As a book nerd who has favorite authors that I adore, I totally understand Annie’s fangirling through the whole book. How Paul deals with her would fit in just fine in any Criminal Minds episode. Throw in Annie’s obvious mental illness and high functioning, she’s terrifying! I would absolutely recommend this book to anyone who likes criminal psychology. Spending all the reading time analyzing and considering just adds another level of enjoyment! I really liked this book!
Movie Comparison
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