The Flight Attendant (Television Tie-In Edition): A Novel
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- Author：Chris Bohjalian
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Editor Reviews
"Filled with turbulence and sudden plunges in altitude， The Flight Attendant is a very rare thriller whose penultimate chapter made me think to myself， 'I didn’t see that coming。' The novel—Bohjalian’s 20th— is also enhanced by his deftness in sketching out vivid characters and locales and by his obvious research into the realities of airline work。" —Maureen Corrigan， The Washington Post
"An expertly turned thriller… An assured novel about reckoning not just with some ruthless bad guys， but private sadness as well… [Bohjalian]’s developed a graceful hand at thriller mechanics， smoothly shifting from Cassie’s private paranoia to the intricacies of spycraft and mercenaries to the public tabloid sensation she’s become。 He’s back-loaded the story with twists， from ones that were hinted at early to left-field surprises。 And the brisk and busy ending is a fireworks show of redemption， revelation and old-fashioned gunplay。" —Mark Athitakis， USA Today
"Flight attendant Cassie Bowden: a self-destructive alcoholic who favors one-night stands， a gifted liar， a petty thief。 But she's also someone we can relate to: a soul damaged during childhood， terribly alone， and desperate for love… Readers who enjoyed the imperfect heroine in Paula Hawkins's The Girl on the Train and the anxiety-ridden paranoia of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment will be hooked by this murder mystery。" —Library Journal （Starred Review）
"Bohjalian is an unfaltering storyteller who crosses genres with fluidity， from historical fiction to literary thrillers…a read-in-one-sitting escapade that is as intellectually satisfying as it is emotionally entertaining。"—Booklist （Starred Review）
"The stakes couldn't be higher （literally）as Cassandra pieces together a mystery while working 40，000 feet above ground in Chris Bohjalian's gripping The Flight Attendant。 Read it before Kaley Cuoco stars in the upcoming series！" —Cosmopolitan
"Bohjalian twists the tension tight and keeps the surprises startling。" —Tom Nolan， The Wall Street Journal
"[Bohjalian's] 20th novel。。。combines popular tropes with a serious examination of social issues。 Binge-drinking flight attendant Cassandra Bowden wakes up with another bad hangover in a Dubai hotel room and finds the man she spent the night with lying dead beside her。。。 What really happened？ And what are the consequences of addiction， deception， and denial？ Fans are lining up。" —Barbara Hoffert， Library Journal
"A magnificent book…sleek and gorgeous…This is a Master Class in fiction。"
—Augusten Burroughs
"The author provides enough twists for a roller coaster fan。。。 The beauty of the book is that， along with the politics of the plot， Cassie’s humanity comes through。。。the last 100 pages turn tense as you try to follow the unexpected but believable surprises Bohjalian has in store and answers whether Cassie can find salvation。" —Amanda St。 Amand， St。 Louis Post-Dispatch
"A high-octane thriller that will have you holding your breath with every page…As if ripped from today’s headlines， Bohjalian paints a vivid portrait of death and despair on a canvas of Russian espionage。" —Nicholas Addison Thomas， Fredericksburg Free Lane-Star
Reviews
nurse97
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very good book！ u wont be sorry if u purchase this book。 i have come across only a few of her books i like and will finish and this is one of them
Michelle
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Murder， spies， a drunk - with a satisfying ending。 Slow-ish in the middle but I loved it！
Karen
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Very entertaining read。
Johanna
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I saw this book adapted into a series played by Kaley Cuoco and wanted to prove the rating wrong。 I should have trusted what the reviews said because this book doesn't worth my time。 It's as messy as the main character。 I think this book tries to be a spy novel by suspecting the characters of espionage （？？？） but it doesn't match the storyline。 The book had explained the main heroine's alcoholism badly （so it's because of her father's abuse？， but most of the time it's simply because Cassie's I saw this book adapted into a series played by Kaley Cuoco and wanted to prove the rating wrong。 I should have trusted what the reviews said because this book doesn't worth my time。 It's as messy as the main character。 I think this book tries to be a spy novel by suspecting the characters of espionage （？？？） but it doesn't match the storyline。 The book had explained the main heroine's alcoholism badly （so it's because of her father's abuse？， but most of the time it's simply because Cassie's addiction rather than trauma）。 The ending feels forced with little explanation。tl;dr The main character is unlikeable and obnoxious， the story is messy。 。。。more
Kayla
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Loved the suspense， didnt understand the ending 🤷♀ Loved the suspense， didn’t understand the ending 🤷🏻♀️ 。。。more
Marcia
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Great page turner！ Kept me guessing right up until the end！！
Megan Giles
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First book by this author and I thoroughly enjoyed it。 Nothing like a good ole mystery/suspense to make your day more interesting。
Desiree
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Spoiler alert。I enjoyed this book for the most part。 The pacing， interior thoughts of Cassie， the cat and mouse quality of the story， plus the use of FBI paperwork revealing the governments view， all set up a good， satisfying read。 However， I was let down with the turn in the story that took out Elena/Miranda。 She was a much more interesting character than Buckley， and I found myself bummed that she was killed off without there being more of an interaction between her & Cassie。 Also， I may Spoiler alert。I enjoyed this book for the most part。 The pacing， interior thoughts of Cassie， the cat and mouse quality of the story， plus the use of FBI paperwork revealing the government’s view， all set up a good， satisfying read。 However， I was let down with the turn in the story that took out Elena/Miranda。 She was a much more interesting character than Buckley， and I found myself bummed that she was killed off without there being more of an interaction between her & Cassie。 Also， I may have missed indications， but the Megan twist felt like it came out of nowhere。 。。。more
Linda Dunlavy
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Gripping page turner
Kellie Unger
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Started off strong and seemed to fizzle a bit towards the end but it was still a fun book to read。
SarahH
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A solid， fast-paced thriller that lacks the deeper， thought-provoking ideas of some of this author's other books。
Lisa
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I personally don't enjoy reading about characters that drink so heavily that they black out so that didn't help win any points from me。 Other than that the story seemed dragged out just to be rushed and wrapped up at the end。
Krystle Meyer
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So I wanted to read this relatively short thriller before diving into the HBOMAX miniseries。。。。and I found that this was extremely fast-paced and propulsive。 It does not have the best plot twists， but it was very enjoyable and a VERY quick read。 Can't wait to see how the series compares to the book。Cassie is a flight attendant。 On a trip to Dubai， she meets a wealthy Russian-American named Alex - they flirt while she's serving him in first class and they wind up making plans to see each other So I wanted to read this relatively short thriller before diving into the HBOMAX miniseries。。。。and I found that this was extremely fast-paced and propulsive。 It does not have the best plot twists， but it was very enjoyable and a VERY quick read。 Can't wait to see how the series compares to the book。Cassie is a flight attendant。 On a trip to Dubai， she meets a wealthy Russian-American named Alex - they flirt while she's serving him in first class and they wind up making plans to see each other when the plane lands。 After SEVERAL rounds of cocktails， including some with another woman whom Cassie presumes to be one of his business associates， they sleep together in his lavish hotel room。 When she wakes up from her black out the next day she finds him dead in the hotel bed。 There's a broken glass bottle of Stolichnaya on the floor and Cassie contemplates whether， in some drunken stupor or otherwise， she killed him。 And if she did not kill him， how did Alex die？That's the premise for this book。 We wind up exploring Cassie's life as she jets off to international destinations as part of her job while discovering whether she killed Alex， and， if not her， who。Is this winning any book awards？ No， but it's fun and will pass the time easily。 。。。more
Millicent
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Good mystery with twists right up until the last 3 pages！！
Jessica
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I wanted to like this more than I did。 It started out engaging， but halfway through it was losing me。 I stuck it out， because I wanted to watch the HBO show。
Jeena Patel
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 2。5The only positives are that its an easy， quick read if you need to meet your book challenge goal and its a bit of escapism from the current pandemic life。 Im not sure why this book has so many great reviews and people seem to rave about the twists。。。The book is about 350 pages and could have been made much shorter。 We get it， shes an alcoholic and she sleeps around。 There wasnt much to the plot at all， Its just a lousy excuse to talk about flight attendant life and try to throw in some 2。5The only positives are that it’s an easy， quick read if you need to meet your book challenge goal and it’s a bit of escapism from the current pandemic life。 I’m not sure why this book has so many great reviews and people seem to rave about the twists。。。The book is about 350 pages and could have been made much shorter。 We get it， she’s an alcoholic and she sleeps around。 There wasn’t much to the plot at all， It’s just a lousy excuse to talk about flight attendant life and try to throw in some Russian/US espionage。 There were a couple of twists， but it seemed like they were just thrown in there to make the end seem interesting since you find out who the killer is on the first few chapters。 One of the so called ‘twists’ was explained in a memo and there was really no point to it。 🤷🏽♀️The flight attendant （Cassie） makes the worst choices over and over again （think the main character from Girl on the Train） and how she survives/manages to keep her job is beyond me - dumb luck I guess。 There’s no way that as a flight attendant you’d be able to get away with drinking on the job or before a flight。 He forgot that part after reading the FA memoirs I guess。 🙄The amount of times she mentioned the guy who was killed by thinking about how he washed her hair in the shower made me roll my eyes so many times that they hurt。 Spoiler: Of course the aftermath of this is all wrapped up neatly in 2 pages: her drinking problem just disappears along with her daddy issues and now she has a kid by the dead guy and is a spy/part time FA， give me a break。 🤦🏽♀️ 。。。more
Jeanne Boudreau
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I wanted to read the book before I watched the movie。 It held my interest but there several times in the story that didnt make sense ， information that couldnt have been known at that time。 Cassandra was a drunk。 There is no other way to describe her。 Shes an easy lay。 Her behavior， her lack of judgement and her inability to tell the truth leads her in deep s#$t when she wakes up in Dubai next to a dead man。 A man she befriended on her flight to that city。 One lie after another， the lack of I wanted to read the book before I watched the movie。 It held my interest but there several times in the story that didn’t make sense ， information that couldn’t have been known at that time。 Cassandra was a drunk。 There is no other way to describe her。 She’s an easy lay。 Her behavior， her lack of judgement and her inability to tell the truth leads her in deep s#$t when she wakes up in Dubai next to a dead man。 A man she befriended on her flight to that city。 One lie after another， the lack of memory due to excessive alcohol consumption makes her a prime suspect in his death。 It is an interesting story and maybe the movie is more believable。 It wasn’t a waste of time but I wouldn’t put in on my list of books I’d recommend。 。。。more
Kara Gruver
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Thoroughly enjoyable light fictional story of an alcoholic flight attendant who wakes up next to a dead man。 Story has some surprises at the end and is very easy to read and enjoy
Scarlett South
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great story， though had a few plot holes
bookborrower
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DNF@ 26%。 Im getting really tired of female protagonists in thriller novels being semi functioning alcoholics who forget everything bad they did the next morning。 This book was going no where and Cassie was a horrible person to try and relate to。 I have no idea why theres so many 5 star reviews， maybe I read the wrong book？ DNF@ 26%。 I’m getting really tired of female protagonists in thriller novels being semi functioning alcoholics who forget everything bad they did the next morning。 This book was going no where and Cassie was a horrible person to try and relate to。 I have no idea why there’s so many 5 star reviews， maybe I read the wrong book？ 。。。more
Jackie Clark
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I really enjoyed The Flight Attendant book， Chris Bohjalian is a new author for me。 Will be looking for more of his books in the future。
Jake
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This book is a perfect example of why I dont often read page-ripping thrillers。 It has some great highs and lows， but the former outweighed the latter and that was enough to bump it to 4 stars。I dont often read thrillers because they dont have great character development。 This one does。 I felt invested in Cassandras plight， even as she was making terrible decisions。I dont often read thrillers because they dont plot themselves well。 This one does。 Chris Bohjalian spreads out the bread crumbs just This book is a perfect example of why I don’t often read page-ripping thrillers。 It has some great highs and lows， but the former outweighed the latter and that was enough to bump it to 4 stars。I don’t often read thrillers because they don’t have great character development。 This one does。 I felt invested in Cassandra’s plight， even as she was making terrible decisions。I don’t often read thrillers because they don’t plot themselves well。 This one does。 Chris Bohjalian spreads out the bread crumbs just enough without being too cheap。 It kept me hooked for all the right reasons。I don’t often read thrillers because the plots are so implausible。 Yeah， the plot of The Flight Attendant is impossible but Bohjalian gets enough out of the exchanges between characters to help the buy-in factor。 It didn’t bother me as much as it normally does。I don’t often read thrillers because there’s often an eye-rolling twist near the end。 There’s one here but it actually did catch me off guard a little and I wound up liking the ending。Okay but…I don’t often read thrillers because the author doesn’t balance POVs well。 I really didn’t need the POV chapters with Elena。 A major distraction。I don’t often read thrillers because there are so many coincidences。 There’s a big one here and it annoyed the hell out of me， especially because it’s not really needed。But overall， I’m glad I read this thriller and I’m excited to see how HBO is going to adapt it。 I think Kaley Cuoco is perfectly cast as Cassandra。 。。。more
Molly
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This was definitely a page turner and I can see why its being turned into an HBO series！ Cassies self destructive behavior was annoying to me at points （stop drinking girl！） but it was fun to read about her traveling escapades as a flight attendant （minus the whole murder thing） and it makes me wish I was one when I was younger。 This was definitely a page turner and I can see why it’s being turned into an HBO series！ Cassie’s self destructive behavior was annoying to me at points （stop drinking girl！） but it was fun to read about her traveling escapades as a flight attendant （minus the whole murder thing） and it makes me wish I was one when I was younger。 。。。more
Kasey Janes
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Very interesting book！ At times， the story seemed to drag on in the middle， a little repetitive if I say so， but the ending was good。 I wish they had developed the ending more， and allowed that play out， and remove part of the middle sections。 Definitely a book that kept me on my toes。
Samantha
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I read this for book club and thought it was a great fast paced novel。 I， also， liked that the author has no problem with cross genre writing。 Very good！
Pam Foster
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Good story， enjoyed it overall。 Slow， but sometimes that can be good。 Thought the epilogue was a bit contrived。
Jennifer Martin
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A book you want to keep reading but it isn't the story you expect and I got almost no answers from it either。 So a surprise without really a surprise？
Jocelyn
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I loved this book， until the ending which seemed thrown together and sloppy。 All but the last 2 chapters were great。 I still enjoyed the book even though the I didnt like the ending。 I cant wait to watch the show！
Cathy
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Very enjoyable。 Didn't expect the ending。
Urooj Hassan
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Now watching on HBO too lets see which is better they did change location on the show from Dubai to Bangkok Now watching on HBO too let’s see which is better they did change location on the show from Dubai to Bangkok 。。。more
Jessica Avila
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