Book review: The Woman in Suite 11 by Ruth Ware
Genre: Thriller
Release date: July 8, 2025
Goodreads rating: 3.7
My rating: 3.5
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I was excited to pick up Ruth Ware’s latest novel, The Woman in Suite 11. It is the second installment in the Lo Blacklock series, following The Woman in Cabin 10.
In this second book, we are reunited with Lo who is now married with two children. She is invited to travel to a luxury hotel where she hopes to do an exclusive interview with billionaire founder Marcus Leidmann but instead, finds herself running into familiar faces from her past. When Marcus is found dead, Lo becomes a suspect and must decipher who, among her fellow hotel companions, is the killer.
I enjoyed the setting of this book. Ware did a good job of pulling the reader into this luxury hotel setting in Lake Geneva. However, I found the pacing of the story to be on the slow side (albeit consistent enough to keep my attention throughout the book). A fair amount of time is spent in the first half reminding the reader of the events and characters of the first book… this contributes to the slower pace but on the flip side, makes this book possible to read as a standalone easily.
The storyline has a few twists but be warned that Lo’s character is a bit flawed… her level of naivety is inconsistent with her past traumatic experiences so you’ll have to go along with a few of her questionable decisions to fully delve into this book :)
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for granting me an advance copy in exchange for my honest review.
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