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It was nearly impossible to read The Girl on the Train without thinking of Gone Girl. A quick peek at the many reviews here indicate that this reader was not the only one with that exact experience. The Girl on the Train owes a lot to Gone Girl. It has a missing person who may or may not be dead. It has a truckload of secrets. It has multiple narrators, any of whom could be lying through her teeth at any given moment. It deals with poisonous relationships between people who are, for the most par
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Rating: 3.5 out of 5
From all the reviews I read before reading this book myself, I found extremely polarized opinions. People either are head over heels or utterly disappointed by this book. But since this was only 300 pages I thought why not try it. The hype about it being the "next Gone Girl" certainly did not help its case.
This is not the next anything. This is a new story about real yet messed up characters. The protagonist is Rachel Watson. Rachel is an alcoholic, divorced, childless, out o ...more
From all the reviews I read before reading this book myself, I found extremely polarized opinions. People either are head over heels or utterly disappointed by this book. But since this was only 300 pages I thought why not try it. The hype about it being the "next Gone Girl" certainly did not help its case.
This is not the next anything. This is a new story about real yet messed up characters. The protagonist is Rachel Watson. Rachel is an alcoholic, divorced, childless, out o ...more
While I have to admit this was a page-turner, and I kept reading, faster and faster because I wanted to know what was going to happen, I didn't particular "like" or relate to any of the characters very well. I thought the story got bogged down, going on and on and on with some repetitious details, lives that seemed to have the same bad things happening over and over. I have to admit, I was completely wrong about what I thought was going to happen in the end ... but overall was a little underwhel
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Fun, fast read. Would recommend to people who enjoyed Gone Girl.
I really enjoyed this book and would definitely recommend it to anyone who like thrillers as well. I liked hearing the story from 3 characters and how everything came full circle. Yes, the characters are giant disasters with a lot of skeletons but isn't that the point with books like these. Very well written with lots of wonderful detail. Well done...not as crazy as books by Gillian Flynn but it's up there.
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loved it.
Was amazed at her insight into alcoholic behaviour and thinking
Was amazed at her insight into alcoholic behaviour and thinking
The Girl on the Train had some good twists and surprises but was not anything that blew me away. Paula Hawkins is an author to watch and see how her next book is.
Great thriller! Can't believe I waited so long to read it.
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