The Girl on the Train
A #1 New York Times Best Seller, USA Today Book of the Year, and now a makor motion picture starring Emily Blunt. Paula Hawkins’ debut novel The Girl on the Train is a suspenseful thriller filled with a complex plot, shocking twists at every turn, and an ending that will both stun and leave the reader wanting more.
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Readers say *The Girl on the Train* is a fast-paced psychological thriller with suspenseful twists and well-executed unreliable narration that keeps r...
This was my first unreliable narrator story, and while I found it frustrating at times, I cannot deny that it was executed very well. This book had me gripped the entire time. And by the way, the book was way better than the movie!
Author wrote book using diverging timelines of the characters. I enjoyed this style very much and found this book to be a fun, quick read.
Predictable. I have no idea how or why this book has the ratings it does, but the character depth and believability was severely lacking; and, the back and forth timeline attempt at suspense was almost comical. Meh.
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The Girl On The Train by Paula Hawkins
323 pages
What’s it about?
This is an old fashioned thriller. Rachel sees something from the train that she cannot get out of her mind. She is an alcoholic and an unreliable witness, but this does not stop her from getting involved in a very dangerous situation.
What did it make me think about?
Hmmmmm. This book was like a good B movie. It moved along at a good pace but it just lacked that special something that makes it great.
Should I read it?
It is quick and you want to turn the pages but most of the time I was exasperated with Rachel. In fact most of the characters are flawed to the point of being unlikable. This book did not live up to the hype for me.
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"I can see that Cathy's bedroom door is open. I peer into her room. Her bed is made. It's possible she has already got up and made it, but I don't think she stayed here last night, which is a source of some relief. If she isn't here, she didn't see or hear me come in last night, which means she doesn't know how bad I was. This shouldn't matter, but it does: the sense of shame I feel about an incident is proportionate not just to the gravity of the situation, but also to the number of people who witnessed it."
The Girl On The Train by Paula Hawkins
323 pages
What’s it about?
This is an old fashioned thriller. Rachel sees something from the train that she cannot get out of her mind. She is an alcoholic and an unreliable witness, but this does not stop her from getting involved in a very dangerous situation.
What did it make me think about?
Hmmmmm. This book was like a good B movie. It moved along at a good pace but it just lacked that special something that makes it great.
Should I read it?
It is quick and you want to turn the pages but most of the time I was exasperated with Rachel. In fact most of the characters are flawed to the point of being unlikable. This book did not live up to the hype for me.
Quote-
"I can see that Cathy's bedroom door is open. I peer into her room. Her bed is made. It's possible she has already got up and made it, but I don't think she stayed here last night, which is a source of some relief. If she isn't here, she didn't see or hear me come in last night, which means she doesn't know how bad I was. This shouldn't matter, but it does: the sense of shame I feel about an incident is proportionate not just to the gravity of the situation, but also to the number of people who witnessed it."
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