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Platform Seven
by Louise Doughty
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-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
This book is narrated by a young woman’s ghost in search of connection between her death and the recent suicide on the train station she was trapped in. Two deaths, including hers, on Platform Seven.
This book has a straight plotline. Doesn’t need a plot twist, as readers keep on reading, the answers will prevail. I was expecting otherworldly stuff, the ghost wandering, revealing the mystery around her unknown death. But in the middle of the story, it became a flashback, or perhaps a revelation of some sort of what happened to the young woman before her death. And it’s certainly painful. I had considered to DNF but I really wanted to know the truth. The narration on domestic abuse and gaslighting is unfiltered. At some point, I was so tired reading this.
All in all, good story, but could be shorter. Certain things in my personal opinion don’t have to be included in details.
This book has a straight plotline. Doesn’t need a plot twist, as readers keep on reading, the answers will prevail. I was expecting otherworldly stuff, the ghost wandering, revealing the mystery around her unknown death. But in the middle of the story, it became a flashback, or perhaps a revelation of some sort of what happened to the young woman before her death. And it’s certainly painful. I had considered to DNF but I really wanted to know the truth. The narration on domestic abuse and gaslighting is unfiltered. At some point, I was so tired reading this.
All in all, good story, but could be shorter. Certain things in my personal opinion don’t have to be included in details.