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The Girl on the Train

Paula Hawkins

Start date: May 10, 2015

Finish date: June 5, 2015

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2015 Challenge Prompts

Prompt 25: A book you were supposed to read in school but didn't
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Prompt 39: A book with magic
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Nov 14, 2016 Heather - hturningpages rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: i-really-tried-to-like-this

Ugh. I don't read a lot of thrillers (the only other one I can think of is Girl with the Dragon Tattoo which I liked), but I think I can still safely say that it's not a genre issue, I'm just not a fan of this one. I like a good mystery, I looovee unreliable narrators, I am also okay with reading about mental illness and addiction, but somehow those things didn't add up to a positive in this book for me. Mostly, I think it's because there isn't a single character in this that I can relate to. Al ...more

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Jun 22, 2015 Stacy rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: thriller

I wanted to like it more. This book is good, but it's no Gone Girl. The Scooby Doo ending where the villain describes at length why s/he did it was a bit contrived. ...more

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Nov 20, 2016 Dina rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This book is great. It is definitely a page turner. I recommend it for fans of Gillian Flynn.

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Apr 04, 2016 Jen Peters rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery-suspense

This book was mentioned to me by a friend and I heard it was a better version of 'Gone Girl'. I agree with that comparison. I felt there was more action in the beginning of this book, but did find it to get slow after that. Good mystery, flawed characters but not the same darkness as "gone Girl' had to it in my opinion. ...more

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Aug 03, 2015 Heather Wescott rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I enjoyed this book. It did remind me a bit of Gone Girl (unreliable narrators, generally all unlikable characters), but the story was entertaining on its own.

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Jul 23, 2015 Rhosyn Goodfellow marked it as abandoned · review of another edition

20% in and there's no mystery yet, just a whole lot of really cringey social interactions. I don't think this book is for me, and I wouldn't recommend it for anyone who gets stressed out by embarrassing situations in fiction. ...more

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