The Girl on the Train

Oh my god!

What the hell just happened?!

The Girl on the Train —— :O :O :O

I went into this book with absolutely no clue what to expect. I hadn't really read much about it and haven't seen the movie so I didn't know what I was getting myself into. Although it did take a couple of chapters for me to understand the concept and structure of the book, it drew me in from the very first page.

I just wanted to keep reading to find out what happened. Who did it?!

The only fault I had with this, otherwise, very well written novel, was that the three narative characters - Rachel, Anna and Megan, all seemed like the same person to me. They had the same thoughts and personality etc. I don't know if that was intentional or not but I found that sometimes, I had to re-check who's point of view I was reading. Especially more towards the end.

All three woman have heartbreaking stories but I think that that the author used that to try and make them seem the victims. They aren't victims at all - well not to a certain degree. They are all very much flawed and unlikeable characters but thankfully the story was strong enough that the characterisations didn't matter too much.

All in all, this was a very easy read. It has twists and turns I wasn't expecting. It kept me wanting to read more and more and more.