The Girl On the Train (2015)

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An unreliable narrator, mostly because she's always drunk and drowning he sorrows, tells most of this thriller/mystery. Rachel, recently divorced and fired from her job, drinks to pass the day. She has seen something but because of her groggy and befuddled memory, she can't clear up what she might have seen or who she might have seen. She wants to be good, she wants to be sober, she wants love, but misery overtakes her day after day. This is a mystery but also a study on who we are and whether we know the people we live with. Exciting and new.
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The staple of a good mystery is laying out all facts as honestly as possible in front of the reader and letting them run amok all over the misleading traps laid by the story. This is sadly not the case here. Right before the climax, author pretty much goes like "You know all the facts I told you in the entire story? Yeah, I lied. Here are some new ones outta nowhere just for shock value. Gotcha!". It feels cheap for a mystery, and apart

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from the last few chapters in the book, it doesn't do a good job at being a thriller either. The unreliable narration trick has been tried with great success before (see Agatha Christie's The Murder of Roger Ackroyd), but this unfortunately is not one of them.

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Guest 3 years ago

Seriously!? I haven't even opened the freaking book, and don't want to read it! That's what I get for reading the damn preview at the top. All you spoilers have a spot in hell, DO YOU HEAR ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(mewling quims)

Guest 5 years ago

mad book innit take it for ur english coursework can

Guest 5 years ago

What?

Guest 7 years ago

Didn't expect that ending at all!

Guest 6 years ago

Kinker

IoneLynne 7 years ago

Fantastic read! Had me blaming everyone for everything, yet I was still surprised in the end!

Guest 7 years ago

Well, the book seemed to be great... Except I was only able to read maybe 100 pages (I couldn't say for sure since the pages aren't numbered)... For some reason the book doesn't come up any longer. This also happened while I was reading another book. Time for another way to read books on line

Reader Jean 7 years ago

This happened to me a few times. I found I had log out then log in; when the book comes up it then advanced pages. Odd but, it works. I too wish the pages were numbered. Reader Jean

Guest 7 years ago

i cant express in words that how much i liked this book. all i can say is its just awesome.

Guest 7 years ago

Because of the terrible review in the description of the story saying that the "author pretty much goes like "You know all the facts I told you in the entire story? Yeah, I lied. Here are some new ones outta nowhere just for shock value. Gotcha!," I was expecting just that the whole story. However, that review in my opinion, was wrong. There technically aren't any new facts. Once you have read the whole thing, you'll notice that the small details in the beginning are foreshadowing. The "old" facts were merely the narrator when she was still drunk. The actual facts emerge when she tries to get herself together.

Guest 7 years ago

I have heard good reviews on the book by my friends.

Guest 7 years ago

Amazing story. Constantly kept me guessing on what was going to happen, and kept me on my toes throughout the whole thing. Wonderful, and definitely a delight to read.

Guest 7 years ago

Excellenr
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