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The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

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nehaslibrary's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

This book took me on a journey! It was fascinating the whole way through. I love how effortless it felt to read and understand, how the events unfolded and were narrated by the three females' whose perspectives we view them from. I love how it shows how different things seem to others. I also find it amazing how they meshes together, and how the true events are revealed piece by piece.

I do wish, however, that we found out what happened to Scott and Kamal at the end, as the only thing that we are told is that the houses are left empty and we never hear of Kamal after his and Megan's last meeting, where she told him that she was going to tell Tom about the baby. I think it was okay to leave it out, but it would've provided a bit of closure and stopped the reader from wondering what happened to them, as well as Anna, Evie, and other characters, however, I think this is just a personal preference of mine.

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pumpkinbun's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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greymalkin's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A nicely created mystery story, with a hot mess unreliable narrator of a protagonist. I enjoyed trying to figure out what was going on based on the information filtered through Rachel's PoV. There was enough there for me to create a few different theories as I was reading.

The ending/"what really happened" was pretty clear to me by about 2/3rds in, but by then I was invested in Rachel figuring it out and seeing what she would do with that information, so it was still a compelling read to the end.

If I have to quibble, I wonder how Rachel does not have serious brain damage from the multiple head traumas throughout the book. Did no one put the girl in an MRI?

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scarroll178's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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nv0101's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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asheichstadt's review against another edition

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2.0

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opal_scorpio's review against another edition

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dark medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

I was very unimpressed with this book. None of the characters are likeable and there is so much unnecessary lying that it becomes annoying and seems to be a crutch to fit the story together. The mystery does not begin to be unfolded until halfway through the book and by then it isn’t hard to guess what happened. I was very excited to read this book but I quickly become disappointed and couldn’t wait to get it over with.

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