“It was just like so many of the other times she had woken up naked and hungover in bed with a guy, with only the slightest idea how she had gotten there – except this time the guy was dead.”īrace for some mild spoiler-y complaining… It is my personal opinion that spy thrillers only work on screen because at least the ridiculousness of the storyline can be matched with action sequences and it all balances out in that over-the-top framework.ĭespite the opening of Cassie, The Drunk Flight Attendant, waking up next to a dead body after another one-night stand catching my attention, this novel really devolved after that into a spy thriller format that left little for me to be interested in because I found it all to be cheesy and silly. As Peter Griffin would say, they insist upon themselves. Jesus, take the wheel! I don’t think I have ever liked a spy thriller. But no one warned me that this was a spy thriller. The kick-off has so much promise to be suspenseful and thrilling, but it didn’t end up working for me. (That was a genuinely subtle plane pun.)īut omigod, it was not at all what I was hoping it would be.

Maybe I should have paid more attention to the other reviews on the matter, but my ability to make a snap decision based on a good synopsis has been my downfall once again.Īll I saw was “ she wakes up next to a dead body,” and I was 100% on board with this.

The Flight Attendant had been on my radar for a while. Filed Under: I woke up like this (next to a dead body.)

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