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davidrickert 's review for:
The Girl on the Train
by Paula Hawkins
It was hard for me to believe a book this popular could be so poorly written. There are tons of narrative problems, such as the use of vague pronouns to artificially create suspense. And I don't understanding this new trend of writing books in the present tense as if the narrator is telling thing AS they happen rather than AFTER they happened, although it created some amusing moments for me as I imagined Megan, Rachel, and Anna with pen and paper in hand writing things down as they had sex or had arguments with others.
But the big problem? Look, you have a limited cast of characters, so clearly one of them is the villain. And at the big reveal, it comes out of nowhere with no real rationale for why this person was a maniac.
I couldn't wait to finish it. What a disappointment.
But the big problem? Look, you have a limited cast of characters, so clearly one of them is the villain. And at the big reveal, it comes out of nowhere with no real rationale for why this person was a maniac.
I couldn't wait to finish it. What a disappointment.