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The Girl on the Train
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Lo
Mar 25, 2015 rated it it was ok
Shelves: boring-af
Honestly, I have no idea why this book got so many 5 star reviews. I had to force myself to finish it because of my irritating compulsion to finish any book I start.

Where to begin? The characters in this book are assholes. Every single one of them. The main character (the girl on the train) is so wet that you want to reach through the pages and give her a good slap in the face to shake her out of the pity party she keeps throwing herself. I don't even remember the names of the characters, this i
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Rachel N.
Oct 21, 2015 rated it really liked it
Rachel Watson is an alcoholic who was has lost her job but still travels by train daily to make her roommate think she's still employed. While traveling Rachel becomes interested in a couple she names Jason and Jess who lives a few doors down from where her former husband and his new wife reside. When Jess, real name Megan, disappears Rachel becomes involved in the investigation. Not so much of a mystery for me because i figured out the killer early on but I liked how the truth was gradually rev ...more
Rebekah
Dark and disturbing psychological thriller & a quick easy read, but I felt there were a few too many cliches from the genre for me to really love it.
Olympia
Feb 12, 2015 marked it as to-read
Lo
Feb 16, 2015 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Aug 25, 2015 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: books-i-borrowed
Mai
Sep 02, 2015 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
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Kami
Feb 04, 2017 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: thriller, mystery
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