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3.74 AVERAGE
3.74 AVERAGE
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
It took a long time for me to finish this book. And after I finished, I was like.....
4 stars is fair enough. This is my 2nd thriller & mystery book that I've ever read until the end. Previously, I've read[b:The Cuckoo's Calling|16160797|The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)|Robert Galbraith|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1358716559s/16160797.jpg|22002305], and honestly I felt like mystery & thriller is not my thing.
But........ [b:The Girl on the Train|22557272|The Girl on the Train|Paula Hawkins|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1462023471s/22557272.jpg|41107568] was different, well I have to watched the trailer first before I bought the book. Emily Blunt would be amazing Rachel, but, she's less fat than Rachel in the book. Uhm... [a:Paula Hawkins|1063732|Paula Hawkins|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1449627715p2/1063732.jpg] was fooling me, once! Great job Hawk..
4 stars is fair enough. This is my 2nd thriller & mystery book that I've ever read until the end. Previously, I've read[b:The Cuckoo's Calling|16160797|The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)|Robert Galbraith|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1358716559s/16160797.jpg|22002305], and honestly I felt like mystery & thriller is not my thing.
But........ [b:The Girl on the Train|22557272|The Girl on the Train|Paula Hawkins|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1462023471s/22557272.jpg|41107568] was different, well I have to watched the trailer first before I bought the book. Emily Blunt would be amazing Rachel, but, she's less fat than Rachel in the book. Uhm... [a:Paula Hawkins|1063732|Paula Hawkins|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1449627715p2/1063732.jpg] was fooling me, once! Great job Hawk..
Not bad, I'm just not invested enough to keep going when I can just watch the movie instead.
I did not find the characters likable but I couldn't stop reading. I had to figure out what was really going on.
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Such mental messes of characters, but kept me reading and guessing until the very end. Even though each character had a level of disturbing, there were aspects of them that still made them real and relatable.
Now to recompare with the movie!
Now to recompare with the movie!
interesting case. definitely engrossing and kept me on the edge of my seat, but i couldn’t quite pin down my feelings on the narrators. like you’re telling me all three separate women are that whiny and boy crazy and believe themselves only valuable as mothers and lovers? idk and it’s set in 2013 too so not like that long ago. i don’t know maybe it’s a cautionary tale, or maybe the author just doesn’t think that highly of women. still ruminating
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No