Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

No, no, no. A thousand times no. I read this based on some author's recommendation in "The Week" periodical and forevermore I will regard any future recommendations from any author with a dubious eye. The main character in this story, Laura "Lo" Blacklock (clumsy name), is a reporter for some travel magazine called "Velocity" who gets the opportunity to go on the virgin voyage of the "Aurora," a boutique cruise yacht with ten cabins in it. Thing is, before the cruise, she awakes to find someone tossing her flat and, although she is unharmed, she is disturbed by the incident and can't sleep. In addition, she takes pills to prevent panic attacks. So, when she arrives on the yacht, she's emotionally and physically spent and you can see the contrived ramp-up. "Let's make this woman tired and strung out so when stuff happens she might not even believe her own eyes." In addition, Lo marvels at how small the yacht is, yet somehow nine guests, the billionaire yacht owner and his wife, a captain and a seeming staff of twenty-plus people can cram onto this vessel along with a spa, hot tub, dining room, etc. Yet, with everyone stacked like cordwood on this tub, somehow there's room for murder and whatnot without witnesses. If you make it to the end of this travesty, you'll be disappointed by the fact that the villain and the main character never square off but elated that this fiasco of a novel is over and done with. Goodbye, Ruth Ware! I shall never read another of your books.