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3.74 AVERAGE
3.74 AVERAGE
Second book i read from this author, and it was more disapointing than the first. Get the plot from two-third of the book, and the ending was predictable. Still the damaged woman, and the man are at fault.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It took me a fucking whole year to finish this thing, BUT it was GOOD, i was being a lazy girl,
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Great book...quick paced & suspenseful
The Girl on the Train was a good thriller, but after comparing it to novels I've read in the same genre, I have to say that it is not my favorite. The author, Paula Hawkins, lets the reader inside several characters's heads throughout the story, but each character is horrible in some way, and you are never really sure who does what. Lack of information usually keeps me interested in the story as it progresses, but in The Girl on the Train, it mostly left me frustrated.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
the definition of a page turner. everyone in this book is absolutely deranged and it’s just so enchanting
I picked up this book because I read somewhere that people who enjoyed Gone Girl would also like this one. I have to say that recommendation did not disappoint!
I loved that the book was narrated by not one, not two, but three different characters, so it gives you insight into many different parts of the story. Rachel is an alcoholic, Anna is the mistress-turned-wife, and Megan has some serious emotional issues going on here. On the flip side, we have the three main male characters: Tom, Scott and Kamal, and we are taken through the story of how all of their lives intertwined.
I have to say I didn't guess who the villain was in this until close to the end, but I am also notoriously bad at picking up on those kinds of things, so most people will probably figure that out much sooner than I did. But looking back, I was just like: "Huh. Yes. This makes sense."
The Girl on the Train is definitely a read-in-one-day kind of book. Honestly once you get a few chapters into it, you just need to know what happens with Anna, Megan and Rachel. I loved and hated each of our three girls at different points: we get very intimately acquainted with their flaws and sometimes terrible personalities, and I went from wanting to shake some sense into them to wanting to hug them, repeatedly.
I definitely recommend giving this one a shot if you enjoyed any of Gillian Flynn's books. It's definitely got the same gritty and twisted personality that we loved so much from them.
I loved that the book was narrated by not one, not two, but three different characters, so it gives you insight into many different parts of the story. Rachel is an alcoholic, Anna is the mistress-turned-wife, and Megan has some serious emotional issues going on here. On the flip side, we have the three main male characters: Tom, Scott and Kamal, and we are taken through the story of how all of their lives intertwined.
I have to say I didn't guess who the villain was in this until close to the end, but I am also notoriously bad at picking up on those kinds of things, so most people will probably figure that out much sooner than I did. But looking back, I was just like: "Huh. Yes. This makes sense."
The Girl on the Train is definitely a read-in-one-day kind of book. Honestly once you get a few chapters into it, you just need to know what happens with Anna, Megan and Rachel. I loved and hated each of our three girls at different points: we get very intimately acquainted with their flaws and sometimes terrible personalities, and I went from wanting to shake some sense into them to wanting to hug them, repeatedly.
I definitely recommend giving this one a shot if you enjoyed any of Gillian Flynn's books. It's definitely got the same gritty and twisted personality that we loved so much from them.
I couldn't put it down for the last half of the book but it is a very slow start with a lot of information I don't think is important to the plot.
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Not a sane character in this book. Now I just need to filter books by sex/nudity as well…
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Stalking, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail