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The Girl on the Train

Paula Hawkins

Start date: March 1, 2015

Finish date: March 31, 2015

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Jun 05, 2016 Book Reviews & Promotion rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

The story revolves around Rachel,the main character of the book.She daily used to travel by same train.Her mother used to tell her that I had an overactive imagination.
Something comforting about the sight of strangers safe at home.
She used to keep a watch on that house, Jason and Jess are the couples who used to live there.

He is dark-haired and well built, strong, protective, kind. He has a great laugh. She is one of those tiny bird-women, a beauty, pale-skinned with blond hair cropped short. Sh ...more

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Dec 31, 2017 David rated it it was ok

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Compulsively readable, but only for the plot. Narrators are not well distinguished (that could be the point), while certain characters (the flatmate for example) existed only to scaffold the circumstances. Writing would sometimes wander, and 50 pages could have been removed from the book.

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May 22, 2017 BookBug rated it liked it

Shelves: mystery-thriller, 2017-challenge

So long i waited for to read this book. It was nail biting mystery and a very fast read.. i could nt wait to complete this book. Interesting narration or perspective from 3 different women. A little disappointed with so much of drinking in the book.

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