The Girl on the Train

Great story. I did guess the ending but still really good

suspense and plot twist was crazyyyyy - noice!

this book is the first one that made me enter to this sort of reading world. also was my first book in english, which is not my first language. i really enjoyed it, i felt so immersed in the story, which is so entertaining. it’s a book you just can’t put down.

Author took her time to escalate the story. I like these kind of books when you sort of feel the ending but you aren’t sure and then it hits you that your feelings were real. Curious about the movie, hopefully it will be as good as the book was.

Read it 3 years back and couldn't put it down until I finished it. Loved the writing style.

I enjoyed it, but there was too much hype around this one for me. I had really high expectations and it didn't quite reach them.

A minha sincera opinião: 3/5! Não me surpreendeu nem fiz um "uau" no final. É suposto ser um mistério, mas o único mistério que eu conseguia ver era como é que a personagem consegue beber tanto e meter-se naquela sutuação!

Awesome book! The suspense keeps you hook on till the last chapter.

I enjoyed the mystery, and reading from the perspective of Rachel was very interesting. Megan was interesting too, but Anna seemed utterly flat whenever we got things from her perspective. Where the book really came up short though was the ending, the big reveal. It's not the plot itself I take issue with, but the way in which it was done. Very much like a Poirot novel, unconvincing in any other setting. Still, enjoyable read.

I hated Rachel with a passion. This book really romanticises her stalker-ish personality and plays into her desire to fulfil the male gaze. She should've just moved on and stayed away from the drinks tbh.

Talk about a book that pulls you in and keeps you hooked till the very end! I was a little upset with Rachael inability to realize her drinking needed to stop but then again it did help the story from time to time. The ending was a huge shock but a great twist all the same. Great read and though it's in the same group as gone girls it's no where near the same books; it stands on its own and was so much more captivating!

★☆☆☆☆ 1.00 STAR DNF @48% I can definitely describe Rachel in one word. Tiring.I tried to understand where she was coming from. She was divorced. Her husband cheated on her, left her. She was practically alone and pitiful, too heartbroken. And unstable. She was already too far away from having a normal life that it was really hard for her to get herself together. Eventually, I just got too tired of everything about her. Too tired of her attitude. Her way of acting and thinking--or rather, NOT thinking. Given that she was unstable and being an emotional wreck, she got too impulsive. Making hasty decisions, even under the influence of alchohol or not, then come to regret making that kind of decision. "Shoudn't have done this, shouldn't have done that.." Over and over again. It was like her mind was on a loop. Not thinking, acting, regretting. Not thinking, acting, regretting. It was really frustrating and unbearable to read. I didn't even remember if there was even a part where she decided something and lived through it without regretting. Maybe,just maybe, in the last part of the book. But unfortunately, I am not willing to spend more time going through all of that anymore. Rachel was all things but honest, as well. She'd lied just as easily as drinking water. Smooth and easily, until she choked and regret doing it at all. I don't know if I've ever grown any sympathy for her and if I ever did, I'm not exactly sure if even a tiny amount of sympathy stayed. I can no longer let myself finish this. Sure, it did made me a bit curious about the swirling 'mystery' going around the story. That was actually the only thing that kept me going and made me this far, when I should have dropped it a long time ago. But it was not thrilling and intriguing enough to make me stay and finish the whole thing. Aside from Rachel, there were no likeable characters, either, that can maybe make this atleast survivable, if not good. But all of them were exasperating. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM! I have yet to watch the movie adaptation and I am not quite sure if I'd wanted to watch it ever. Reading the book somehow affected my decision about it. It's just so bad and I actually hated myself for not liking this because I really do love mysteries and suspense and I thought this could lived up to my expectation. Boy was I so wrong!

Re read this after few years. Now see it different. Very good.

Last 50 pages exciting, first 250 incredibly slow and with very little to think about.

3.5 stars

I read through the night and I was so scared lol. I finished the book around 4:30 in the morning and when damn I felt so terrified. Thriller books are the best you know. About the characters, I hated Anna at first because ya girl was overreacting. But throughout the novel I know where she's coming from. I also find myself rooting for Rachel, our protagonist. SPOILER!!! Throughout the novel when it seems that the therapist was not Megan's lover, I automatically assumed it was Tom and hell I was right!! I feel sorry for every characters and their own issues but that's life. I recommend this book for whoever wants to read thriller books. There will be a movie right? Amazing!!

Rating up from a 3.5 An incredibly fast read and a very entertaining one! I still haven't seen the movie adaptation but while reading it all I can think about is that the screens would be a more perfect medium for this story. Gaslighting and alcoholism are two of its main themes and I do think that Hawkins was successful in showing us the dangers of being a victim of liquor and coercive men. [spoilers] The ending wasn't that satisfying for me. Did they report to the police that Tom was in fact Meg's killer or was the ending only about the night that they killed Tom? -- wherein Anna and Rachel told them that it was only self defense and the crime was only just that?

Fantastic

Yazarın ilk romanıymış, gayet başarılı buldum..Kitabın kadın karakterleri iç dünyaları, duyguları, bağlılıkları ve hayal kırıklıkları ile mükemmel anlatılmış. Yazar kadın olmasının avantajını sonuna kadar kullanmış; ancak kitabındaki kadın karakterler ne kadar kusursuzsa erkek karakterler o kadar yüzeysel kalmış..Kitaptaki mekanlar aslında hikayeyi güçlendirmesi gerekirken karakterlerin mekanla ilişkisi biraz havada kalmış. Mekan ile karakter ve hikaye birlikteliği sorunlu olunca, hikayeye derinlik katacak güçlü bir mekan algısı oluşmadı bende..Yine de son derece iyi bir kurgusu var kitabın; belki de bu yüzden Hollywood'un gözünden kaçmadı hemen filmini çektiler. Edebi yönden çok güçlü bir kitap değil ancak başarılı bir ilk kitap..Yazarını takip etmekte fayda var..

Holy shit.

Sometimes a bit too dragging, confusing and painful yet a very good book with a very justified ending although not very logical one.

The climax of these things is never as good as the build up but who doesn't enjoy trashy suburban thrillers.

Commuter Rachel Watson catches daily glimpses of a seemingly perfect couple, Scott and Megan, from the window of her train. One day, Rachel witnesses something shocking unfold in the backyard of the strangers' home. Rachel tells the authorities what she thinks she saw after learning that Megan is now missing and feared dead. Unable to trust her own memory, the troubled woman begins her own investigation, while police suspect that Rachel may have crossed a dangerous line. I love this book because it got me back into reading the thriller genre. The writing is very good and the protagonist is an interesting POV for this story. The reveal wasn’t as deep and twisty as I usually like from stories like this, but it was written well despite being simple. I highly recommend this book for fans of the thriller/mystery genre.

I LOVE THIS BOOK SO MUCH, IT WAS SO FUCKING CAPTIVATING the characters ? INFURIATING, STUPID, DEEPLY MENTALLY ILL ( rachel, scott, anna, i beg seek help) the plot ? AMAZING the writing ? PERFECT, not once did I feel bored nor sleepy while reading this, which is quite rare I felt so many emotions, rage, sadness, FEAR. Sssssuch a good read !!! (btw the cover is so clever lol)