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[K]

This section is for pages 200 to the end :D

[Rachel]

Hi all! I just wanted to say that I've finished The Girl on the Train and if you'd like to discuss let me know! Otherwise I won't say any spoiler-y things in case someone else looks at this thread.

[Emmy]

*SPOILERS* I just finished the book! is it just me who didn't see the ending coming? for some reason I had it in my head it was Rachel the whole time because she was so concerned about the blackouts :/

[Sarah]

I've only got a handful of pages left and it has me absolutely captivated. I really hope I can finish today to talk about it!

[Rachel]

SPOILERS

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I also didn't see the real killer coming. I never really suspected Rachel because I felt like that would be the obvious way to go with the blackouts. For the longest time though, I thought that it was Anna who had done it. On one hand, that didn't make sense because she was constantly wondering in her inner monologue who had done it, but she was also so protective and always talked about offing rachel, so I thought it was a possibility. Tom being the killer makes the most sense looking back on it, but it's interesting to see how I didn't see it coming because all three narratives were from the perspective of women who loved him.

I did feel kind of sick at the end when Rachel was trying to do the right thing and get Anna and the baby out of the house. The way that Anna kept treating Rachel as though she was worthless and Tom could do whatever he wanted to her was absolutely disgusting. I know she had been manipulated for years to be against Rachel by Tom, but it still made me cringe when she knew that Tom was going to kill her, but decided to turn her back on Rachel nonetheless.

[Sarah]

~Spoilers~

I have to agree that the ending surprised me. I'd be interested to see if I read the book again if I could notice more clues pointing towards Tom. In the end I was staisfied with the ending. Things didn't work out perfectly but I felt that Rachel got some redemption and didn't end the book as a helpless mess of a character. I really appreciated that because I spent the book wishing and hoping that she would be able to pull herself out of her situation.

[Valerie]

Well I couldn't wait to find out who had killed Megan. I never thought it was Rachel to be honest. I was waffling between Scott and Anna (tho I knew Anna had no reason to kill her.)
I definitely had the feeling that Tom exploited Rachel's drunken guilt to his own advantage. Rachel was right, Anna and Tom were made for each other. Anna's actions whenTom was threatening Rachel were so terrible. Tho as a mother, I can *possibly* understand that she was willing to sacrifice Rachel in order for her to be able to leave Tom and keep the baby safe. Tho her inner monologue did not seem as if this was her prime motivation. I guess I find it hard to connect with someone that callus towards others.

[Kay]

I just finished the book and even though I had narrowed it down to two people, I thought it was (view spoiler)[Anna (hide spoiler)] who had killed Megan. Not that there were any concrete clues, but after a certain point everything started pointing towards (view spoiler)[Tom (hide spoiler)] and it made me leery.

[Trish]

Spoilers!

In the beginning I knew it couldn't be Kamal because that was really obvious, and toward the beginning of this section I was thinking it was Tom. Every so often it seemed like it was Scott, but that was too obvious too. The fact Tom was the only thing Rachel could remember from her blackouts was what gave it away to me, but it didn't make sense until the end.

Overall, I liked the writing style and how it drew me in, but I liked none of the characters and some of their behavior was a little too close to home for me to enjoy this more. Not quite sure how people are comparing this to Gone Girl because they're very different books to me, but that's just me!

[Kertu]

SPOILERS!

I know I'm late to this book but I just didn't have time before.

It was so hard for me to read this book, especially in the beginning, because I didn't like the characters at all. In the end I feel that it was a good book but I basically just finished it to know who killed her.

And I can't say that I'm surprised. I remember thinking a few times throughout the book that maybe it's (view spoiler)[Tom (hide spoiler)]. I did suspect other people from time to time but I wasn't set on one specific name.