lakelady reviewed The Girl On the Train by Paula Hawkins
Review of 'The Girl On the Train' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
I don't usually read murder mysteries but I must say I throughly enjoyed this one and would recommend it.
Hardcover, 336 pages
Published Nov. 11, 2015 by Penguin Books.
Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. She’s even started to feel like she knows them. “Jess and Jason,” she calls them. Their life—as she sees it—is perfect. Not unlike the life she recently lost.
And then she sees something shocking. It’s only a minute until the train moves on, but it’s enough. Now everything’s changed. Unable to keep it to herself, Rachel offers what she knows to the police, and becomes inextricably entwined in what happens next, as well as in the lives of everyone involved. Has she done more harm than good?
A compulsively readable, emotionally immersive, Hitchcockian thriller that draws comparisons to Gone Girl, The Silent Wife, or Before I Go to Sleep, …
Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. She’s even started to feel like she knows them. “Jess and Jason,” she calls them. Their life—as she sees it—is perfect. Not unlike the life she recently lost.
And then she sees something shocking. It’s only a minute until the train moves on, but it’s enough. Now everything’s changed. Unable to keep it to herself, Rachel offers what she knows to the police, and becomes inextricably entwined in what happens next, as well as in the lives of everyone involved. Has she done more harm than good?
A compulsively readable, emotionally immersive, Hitchcockian thriller that draws comparisons to Gone Girl, The Silent Wife, or Before I Go to Sleep, this is an electrifying debut embraced by readers across markets and categories (Goodreads).
I don't usually read murder mysteries but I must say I throughly enjoyed this one and would recommend it.
WOW. Wow. Just.... Wow.
I guess I am not a fan of this kind of book. It reminded me of Gone Girl, as it was not a terribly good book, relied on numerous red herrings to keep the reader guessing, and had a bunch of horrible people that no reader could possibly care about.
Oh, I really liked this book a lot. The narration was fantastic, too. Part of me leans toward 5 stars.