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The Girl on the Train

Paula Hawkins

Start date: April 27, 2016

Finish date: April 29, 2016

Discussion: 2016 Challenge prompts

Why we're reading this: This is our June group read. Participation is optional. If you haven't read this book or satisfied the pr…more
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Jul 02, 2016 Chessa rated it liked it

Shelves: mystery, book-to-movie, thriller, popsugar16

3.5 Stars. So I liked that this moved right along - I read the last half all at once, I think, and stayed up past my bedtime to do so.

A book buddy of mine described this book as "A greasy bag of potato chips" and I would have to agree. Sometimes you're just in the mood for something salty and fatty and decidedly not good for you. This book is like that. It's tense. The mystery is compelling. You want to keep eating/reading (and in this case, possibly drinking gin and tonics).

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Dec 16, 2015 gremlinkitten rated it really liked it

Shelves: library-loan, mystery-suspense-thriller, unreliable-narrators

Wow, I really didn't expect to like this book that much. I had recently read Gone Girl, which this isn't that similar other than it features twisted, damaged people, but was looking for something that felt close to the same. I was almost sorry that I decided to pick this up as I literally could not put it down and ended up staying up past my bedtime yesterday.

Rachel, the narrator, is an alcoholic mess who had just reached my OMG-just-quit-whinging-already! threshold when the author wisely moved ...more

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Feb 23, 2015 Tori rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-in-2015, europe, 1read-in-my-40s

This is going to make a great movie! I love books like this that are narrated by a few of the characters instead of just one.

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Dec 18, 2015 Nari rated it really liked it

Shelves: audio-book, mysteries, england, 2015

The characters are all so broken, it's saddening how disjointed people can get from their own emotions. I loved the unreliable narrator. It's such a change from the tradition whip-smart, feisty heroine. The story dragged on and if it wasn't for the audio, I probably would have given it up a while ago. It jumps around and no ones thoughts are very clear. It's easier to attach to the story & character when there is a real voice telling the tale. ...more

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Oct 31, 2015 Kathy rated it really liked it

Shelves: suspense-fiction

Wow. It sucked me in. Very suspenseful. I can see it turned into a Hitchcock-like movie.

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Apr 25, 2015 Nicole rated it did not like it

Shelves: didn-t-finish, 2015

I'm not sure why everyone got so excited over this book. Granted I didn't finish it, but I labored through over 100 pages of drivel and hated all the characters. Every time I put it down it was an effort to pick it back up so I finally gave up. ...more

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