Title: The Woman in the Cabin
Author: Becca Day
Publisher: Embla Books
Publication Date: October, 2024
Genre: Thriller
Pages: 300
My Rating: ★★★★☆
Mary and her husband, Cal, live in the wilderness of the Scottish Highlands. She lives a quaint, self sufficient, life as a traditional 1950s style housewife. But if it really is so idyllic, why does Mary want to leave so much?
I’ve enjoyed Becca’s previous work and was looking forward to this one. Unfortunately, it didn’t quite hit the mark for me. I picked it up, I put it down, it just didn’t have me gripped and took over 2 weeks to read (which is a super long time for me).
Mary is annoyingly stupid, naive and weak for the most part and I found the story quite repetitive.
Having said that, Cal really stirred up some emotions for me. I’m not sure I’ve ever hated a character that much! There are some suspenseful scenes and some good little twists along the way as well.
3.5, generously rounded up to 4. It wouldn’t put me off reading another of Becca’s book in the future.
Many thanks to NetGalley and Embla Books for my advanced copy.
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