![]() ![]() ![]() “She liked herself best when she was tipsy,” he writes. It’s Cassie, though, where he’s at his best, as she goes through the push and pull of acknowledging and denying her addiction. (Where do you keep somebody who’s died mid-flight? What to do with a toddler urinating into an airsickness bag?) He’s done his homework on the lives of flight attendants, and the abuse and absurdity they often face. That knack for speedy narrative can be a fault at times: Scenes from the assassin’s perspective are relatively underdrawn, and for all the globetrotting the characters do, from New York to Dubai to Rome, there’s little vivid scenery to take in.īut Bohjalian clears room in this no-nonsense narrative for moments of humor and sensitivity. And the brisk and busy ending is a fireworks show of redemption, revelation and old-fashioned gunplay. ![]() He’s back-loaded the story with twists, from ones that were hinted at early to left-field surprises. ![]()
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