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The Girl on the Train
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Read by Laureen Anthony-Palmer

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Lea Elizabeth Ludwig
Jan 28, 2015 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: 2015-books
Loved this physiological thriller, read it late into the night until it was over. It is very well written. I loved the way the author slowly revealed the story. The format is my favorite type of read...flipping back and forth between characters, and their perspectives of what is happening. I spend a lot of time speculating on what was going on. The main character is hopeless yet very sympathetic, you can't help but like her. Very happy I read this....I expect there will be a lot of talk and atte ...more
Kate
Mar 10, 2015 rated it really liked it
I found it hard to get interested in the storyline at first. Rachel has lost her job but still takes the train everyday. She "spies" on people who live along the route, one couple in particular who live down the street from her ex and his new wife. Rachel then gets involved in their lives under the guise of being helpful. She's an alcoholic, and until I realized that things weren't as they seemed, I didn't find the story all that compelling. But finally it clicked and I couldn't put it down! ...more
Sarah
Aug 23, 2015 rated it liked it
This book was obviously trying to be the next Gone Girl. And that's not really a bad thing, it just meant that I had very high expectations for this book. While it was definitely very well written and the pacing was good, I just wasn't very happy with the characters or the twist at the end. I wasn't surprised at all and I saw it coming the whole time. It didn't feel as clever or as crazy as Gone Girl did. This book tried to take the Gone Girl twist to a larger scope, but really, having everyone ...more
Amy Discenza
Mar 18, 2015 rated it liked it
3.5 I was definitely hooked on the story but, for the most part, disliked the characters.
Lee Ann
Apr 12, 2015 rated it liked it
Good story but the ending was a little dragged out and I saw it coming.
Jennifer
Jan 02, 2015 rated it liked it
I was disappointed in this book. It was hyped as this year's Gone Girl and because of that had a lot to live up to. Unfortunatley it missed the mark. Not the best novel I've ever read but not the worst either. ...more
Claire Talbot
Nov 06, 2014 rated it really liked it
Stephanie
Dec 28, 2014 marked it as to-read
Leigh
Jan 11, 2015 rated it it was amazing
Karen
Jan 29, 2015 rated it it was amazing
Hannah
Jan 29, 2015 rated it it was amazing
Kate
Feb 23, 2015 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: ebooks
diane
Feb 28, 2015 rated it it was amazing
Cynthia Dana
Mar 16, 2015 rated it it was amazing
Amy Neels
May 28, 2015 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Robin Benoit
Jun 08, 2015 rated it it was amazing
Anne Brown
Jul 10, 2015 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: 2015-popsugar
Mary
Sep 08, 2015 rated it liked it
Shelves: book-club
Kate
Oct 07, 2015 rated it liked it
Sarah
Oct 07, 2015 rated it really liked it
Shelves: library, fiction, kindle, 2015
Jim Byrne
Dec 01, 2015 rated it really liked it
Katy
Dec 03, 2015 marked it as to-read-old
Shelves: owned-not
Shirley
Feb 06, 2016 rated it really liked it
Sarah Bennett
Mar 03, 2016 marked it as to-read
Abby
Mar 10, 2016 rated it liked it
Shelves: read-in-2016
Victoria Williams
Apr 09, 2016 rated it liked it
Becky
Aug 26, 2016 rated it really liked it
Shelves: book-club
Annalise
Oct 01, 2016 rated it liked it
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