353 reviews for:

Platform Seven

Louise Doughty

3.07 AVERAGE

leahralph's review

4.0

Platform Seven is a ridiculously addictive thriller. A fresh story that kept me guessing, written from the perspective of the deceased in question. I loved every page of this novel and highly recommend it to fans of thrillers who love a dose of creepy thrown in.
slow-paced
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carpelydiem's review

4.5
challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

The book was incredibly well-written and touched on some deep subjects, describing them and their effects really well whilst still keeping it naturalistic.
I would recommend this book to anyone as if changed the way I view the world, especially the subjects touched on in this book.
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jenniferbirtles's review

4.5
dark reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

daf_rees02's review

4.25
emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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dunksx4's review

2.0
dark reflective

hmcc08's review

3.5
adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

jmatkinson1's review

3.0

When a man jumps in front of a train from Platform seven at Peterborough station it seems like a simple suicide. However this is the second death at the station in 18 months and surely the two must be connected. Desperate to find the truth is Lisa Evans, that's because she was the first to die and hers was not a suicide.
There is a really clever idea here, a woman investigates her own death and as her memory returns the reader sees the psychological torment she is put through prior to the tragic event. I really wanted to love this book but I couldn't. It feels so pedestrian in places, Lisa isn't very loveable and sometimes the writing is very cliched.
dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

sara_hole_grimaldi's review

DID NOT FINISH

Boring and predictable