The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins has to have been the book with the most buzz about it so far this year. I'm always a wee bit cautious when it comes to things that have been so heavily promoted - be they books, films or products - as they so often fail to meet expectations. Not so in this case, I greatly enjoyed this cleverly constructed novel.
Rachel is failing to come to terms with her life after a messy divorce. She is a total mess and worse she's a messy drunk. Unemployed, she bizarrely rides her old commuter train into London daily as it passes through her old neighborhood where she regularly sees a young couple in their garden. Rachel becomes slightly obsessed with this couple, imagining them to have the perfect lifestyle that she herself has lost. One day the young woman from the couple disappears. Rachel knows that she knows something about it but can't recall it due to her drinking and police discredit her as an unreliable witness.
Can Rachel work out what happened without endangering herself?
There are twist and turns and a few red herrings to distract you but even if yo work out what's happening the story is so fast paced and well written that it will keep you enthralled until the end.
Filled with darkness and suspense I highly recommend it.
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