The Flight Attendant

"Main character is a hot mess of a flight attendant, entangled in a crime and soaked in alcohol"

"Loved this book. Just not quite five stars due to the unbelievability of how one part of the narrative goes down."

"I liked it until the end. The ending sucks. "

"Only Midwives which is also great. I should explore more of his work. "

"This book is like a modern day Hitchcock! It’s a good interesting read."

"This book was just...MEH. It was S L O W. The only reason I gave it 2 stars was because it felt like an original idea, but I might be wrong. <br/><br/>The writing style I really didn't care for. To me it was boring. I kept getting confused. I didn't like how some of the characters would disappear for chapters at a time. Some of the characters didn't even feel important to the story. <br/><br/>In all, I would not recommend this book. It wasn't exciting, I almost didn't care how the book finished, but because I don't like leaving things unfinished, I had to know what happens, and I had a nonchalant feeling about the ending. <br/><br/>Anyway, happy reading"

"5⭐️"

"I read this book after watching the show, because <spoiler>I read that the killer was different </spoiler>, otherwise I probably wouldn't have bothered. Honestly, the show was amazing. In fact, it was so close to the book in a lot of ways that I almost stopped reading it because I felt like it was going to be a waste of time. But there was just something about it that kept pulling me in. I can't explain it. I generally knew what was going to happen from watching the show, and I knew which characters to trust vs. which ones not to, but I found this book oddly addictive despite it. I guess it was just Bohjalian's writing. This is the first book of his I've read, but I really enjoyed it. <spoiler>I do wish Megan's story was played up a little more. It's just a bomb drop in the book, but the show gradually builds up to it which made the whole story that much more thrilling.</spoiler>"

"Rushed through this because it was THAT good"

"I read this book because I am a flight attendant and wanted to see what the hype was about. Initially I started watching the show on HBO Max but stopped because I wanted to read the book first. I hope the show is better than the book. <br/><br/>The book wasn’t bad enough for me to DNF it. The plot was actually good, everything else was a mess. I tried not to be so critical about the FA life details, as this is fiction but Cassie kept telling us she’s poor and NO flight attendant that’s been at an US airline as long as Cassie has and is flying solely international is poor. Especially not a single person with no kids FA. I’m sorry, that little detail kept annoying me but that’s just me being picky. Overall, Cassie is an idiot. I couldn’t feel sorry for her at any point of the book. The drunk decisions I can deal with but the the sober ones were incredibly stupid for a sober person. You’re a suspect of a murder and you go to the dead guy’s job to snoop and find information? Girl, you being investigated by the FBI, this is dumb. The lawyer was my favorite character to be honest. I felt her frustrations with Cassie. I can deal with unlikable characters but there was no character development. She was stupid from beginning to end. I also find it hard to believe that a russian assassin would just not kill her initially out of the kindness of her heart. <br/><br/>Nevertheless, I was still intrigued by the plot. So I kept pushing through. It moved a little slow but I was committed to finishing, hoping the ending was worth it and well... The ending was a bit disappointing. I read a lot and I’m starting to think spy thrillers just aren’t for me. Also the russian family history felt unnecessary. It didn’t add to the story for me, we could’ve went without. I will say I did not see her friend, Megan, being a traitor coming at all. That was a nice surprise. <br/><br/>Overall, the book had potential and probably would’ve been more enjoyable if Cassie had gained a slither of common sense somewhere along the way. <br/>"