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Before the movie came out, I read "The Girl on the Train." Ever since reading "Gone Girl," I feel like I've been chasing the high of a good thriller. "The Girl on the Train" is one of those books that comes quite close. In this book, Rachel's life is falling apart and she feels that she must take the train everyday still in order to add just the barest amount of predictability back to her life. One day she sees something out the window of the train that will make her question everything she thin
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ok. it was ok. I definitely was riveted, and couldn't wait to finish -- but partly because I was so stressed out. people making bad decisions stress me out.
I can clearly see the comparisons to gone girl, but I enjoyed this less than that book, I think mainly because the dark humor of Gillian flynn's writing was missing. (which makes all the stress a little more enjoyable for me, I think.)
this book was also not-so-satisfying for me as, in contrast to flynn's books, the women in here were more me ...more
I can clearly see the comparisons to gone girl, but I enjoyed this less than that book, I think mainly because the dark humor of Gillian flynn's writing was missing. (which makes all the stress a little more enjoyable for me, I think.)
this book was also not-so-satisfying for me as, in contrast to flynn's books, the women in here were more me ...more
A very entertaining listen. All three narrators did a great job of shifting emotion, creating suspense and fleshing out their character's complexity. The "BBC voice" was particularly well done. It got to be a bit long towards the end but maybe I just wanted the narrators' agony to end.
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I can't remember the last book that I read in four days. From the first pages, I was drawn in, and the story only got more interesting as it went along. I'm a wimp and can't handle suspense, so I had to skip ahead to find out how it ended. Great read!
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I finished this while on our off-the-grid vacation a couple of weeks ago, so it's a little vague to me now. But I did enjoy it - the story focuses on a woman who gets herself involved in the life of a couple she sees from her commuter train every day. There's a lot going on - disappearance/murder, alcoholism, depression, divorce - and it all plays together into something pretty interesting.
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Even though I figured it out about halfway through, it was a satisfying listen and a nice break from the heavy stuff I have been reading this summer.
Gripping while it unfolds, but with a predictable denouement. Read very swiftly early in the semester.
Dec 21, 2014
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