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Heather asked this question about The Woman in Cabin 10 (Lo Blacklock, #1):
Did it really annoy anyone else that she never tied in the break-ins that happened to two different people invited on the boat? I kept expecting the ending to somehow tie in the break in from the beginning.
Colleen Spillers I guess my reaction was the break in at her apartment was to set up her frazzled state of mind. To give us background on Lo's instability and state of…moreI guess my reaction was the break in at her apartment was to set up her frazzled state of mind. To give us background on Lo's instability and state of mind - so that when she did question what she saw on the boat, we would understand why she might be skittish, question herself, not be confident, etc...

I didn't see the break ins on the boat as connected at all - they were a result of here opening her big mouth and blabbing to pretty much everyone she ran into about the incident she saw. Seemingly trusting everyone with a secret. Which, in my opinion was contradictory to someone who is suffering from a recent assault - wouldn't she have been more close-mouthed and reserved/scared to share? Just my thoughts...

I kind of thought she talked too much on the boat and that kind of caused her own problems there. The incident at her apartment was random and Ware could have summed that part up with a one chapter dream/memory sequence or something and gotten the action of the story moving much quicker, too...because overall, when the story line picked up...it was engaging and interesting...but the beginning of her bumbling around in a stupor after the break-in was too long.(less)
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The Woman in Cabin 10
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