Bohjalian does a great job keeping the story interesting. This doesn’t always work for me, as it’s easy to get bored watching a character search for information I already have, but Mr.

The reader knows what happened to Alex long before Cassie herself figures it out. Even so, there’s something about her that I found just a tiny bit endearing, and I was really pulling for her to get her life on track. She does countless things to sabotage herself, making me wonder if she really wanted to be caught after all. She’s also really quick to use people and she has a ton of one night stands during the course of the novel, usually after she’s had too much to drink. She lies at the drop of a hat, and I sometimes wondered if she even knew what the truth was.

Soon, she’s caught in an ever-expanding web of her own lies with no clear idea how to extricate herself.Ĭassie isn’t always an easy character to like. It seems she hasn’t been quite as good at hiding her drinking as she thought, and her co-workers begin asking questions that she’s afraid to answer for fear of incriminating herself. Not wanting to be linked to Alex in any way, she lies to the agents, confessing only to a passing acquaintance with the deceased man.Īs the days go by and the investigation into the suspicious death grows more intense, Cassie’s life begins to fall apart. She’s ready to jump out of her skin when the plane finally lands in New York and two customs agents begin questioning her about the time she spent in Dubai. As is usual for her, she drinks to mask her anxiety, but alcohol doesn’t have the same gloriously numbing effect it usually does, and her anxiety increases to a fever pitch. The flight back to the states goes well for Cassie, but she can’t keep from looking over her shoulder, expecting someone to tell her they know what she’s done. So what happened to him during the night? Is Cassie responsible for his death? Since she doesn’t know the answers to these questions, the only thing Cassie can think of to do is get out of Dubai before Alex’s death is discovered. But, when she wakes up in a hotel room in Dubai to find a dead body in bed beside her, things get a little dicier than she’s used to.Ĭassie’s memories of the previous evening are pretty hazy, but she’s certain the man who introduced himself as Alex Sokolov was alive and well when she fell asleep. She’s been a binge drinker for years, and her job has made it relatively easy for her to hide her problem from friends and family. Fortunately with The Flight Attendant, he’s back at the top of his game, and I couldn’t be happier.įor flight attendant Cassie Bowden, waking up with a hangover is nothing new. Although I’ve been a fan of Chris Bohjalian’s novels for a number of years, his last few books have lacked that certain something that made the rest of his work stand out.

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