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At what point did you believe Lo had really seen a woman in Cabin 10?

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How effective was the “everyone is accounted for” setup as the central mystery?

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Were you able to predict any part of the twist involving Carrie and Anne?

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Did the ending feel satisfying, or did it leave too many unanswered questions?

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How did Lo’s anxiety, insomnia, drinking, and medication affect the way you viewed her reliability?

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Did you find Lo sympathetic? Frustrating? Believable?

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Do you think Lo made good decisions once she realized she was in danger?

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How did Lo change from the beginning of the novel to the end?

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How important was the luxury cruise ship setting to the suspense?

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Did the small number of passengers make the story feel more intimate or more claustrophobic?

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Which scenes made you feel the most trapped or uneasy?

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Would the mystery have worked as well in a hotel, resort, or train instead of a ship?

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Did your opinion of Carrie change as the novel progressed?

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What made Bullmer convincing as a villain—or did he feel too stereotypical?

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How does the novel contrast appearances with reality?

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Is the novel more about solving a mystery or about surviving one?

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Which character would you least want to be trapped on a ship with?

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What was the most suspenseful moment in the book for you?

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Did The Woman in Cabin 10 succeed because of the mystery itself, or because Ruth Ware made us uncertain about whether we could trust the person telling it?

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What was the biggest difference you noticed between the novel and the film?

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Did Keira Knightley match the Lo Blacklock you pictured while reading?

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Which version did a better job of making you doubt what Lo had witnessed?

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Were any characters changed, combined, reduced, or removed in ways that affected the story?

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Did the movie’s luxury-yacht setting look the way you imagined the Aurora Borealis?

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Which version created a stronger sense of claustrophobia and isolation?

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Did knowing the book’s mystery beforehand reduce the suspense of the movie?

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Which scenes from the book did you wish had been included or given more time?

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Were there movie scenes or changes that actually improved upon the novel?

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Was Bullmer more or less convincing as a villain in the film?

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Did the movie reveal information too quickly, too slowly, or at about the right pace?

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Which ending did you prefer—the book’s or the film’s? Why?

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If you had only watched the movie, do you think you would have figured out the mystery?

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Was the story better suited to a novel, or does it work better visually as a thriller?

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If Ruth Ware had asked you what one thing the filmmakers absolutely should not change, what would you have chosen?

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