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Hard to put down. I did not find it to be great literature but was a decent story that kept me interested. Writing was ok. This would be a good beach read. Interesting but not too deep
I did it. I read it. I tried to resist. I really did. I often don’t like wildly popular novels. So I resisted as long as I could. But finally gave in.
Glad I gave in. Glad I read it.
(And that’s really all I should be saying about this little mystery.)
Glad I gave in. Glad I read it.
(And that’s really all I should be saying about this little mystery.)
This fast-paced mystery is populated by women, so is more likely to appeal to women. It starts with a miserable, pathetic alcoholic on a train. She looks out the window to make up stories about people she sees enjoying their lives near the tracks.
She is deeply entwined with the mysterious events that are gradually revealed, partly because of her own life history, and partly because she's a pathetic obsessed person who borders on being a stalker.
The narrative is first-person, alternating between ...more
She is deeply entwined with the mysterious events that are gradually revealed, partly because of her own life history, and partly because she's a pathetic obsessed person who borders on being a stalker.
The narrative is first-person, alternating between ...more
Being inside the narrators' deranged/scary minds made the tone of the book incredibly creepy (Rachel and Meghan's thoughts made my skin crawl very often) however, towards the second half of the book I was more used to the first person narration tone and was quite invested in finding out who killed Meghan and why.
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Preeti
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