Paula Hawkins
Doubleday
Published: 15/1/15 (Hardback)
ISBN: 9780857522313
Rachel travels everyday on the same commuter train. The train always waits at a particular signal stop overlooking the back gardens of a row of houses where she once lived. Rachel invents a perfect life for the perfect couple she compulsively watches during these stops. There is, however, one garden she cannot bear to look at. It reminds her that her life is not perfect like 'Jess' & Jason's'. Until one day everything changes.
What did Rachel see ?
Hitchcock's 'Rear Window' meets SJ Watson's 'Gone Girl' !
THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN is narrated in the first person by its three main, 'strong', characters; Rachel, Megan (Jess) & Anna. Fabulously flawed, and pretty unlikeable, but utterly compelling they each give us their personal account of the events as they unfold.
I thoroughly enjoyed this gripping and compulsive debut psychological thriller from Paula Hawkins. It had several twists and surprises which kept me reading well into the early hours.
I highly recommend 'The Girl on the Train'. A gripping, psychological thriller that will hold you captive until the end.
I have had great pleasure in recommending this title to customers visiting the bookstore and look forward to doing the same when released in paperback later in the year.
Disclosure: Thank you to the publisher via NetGalley for providing me with a digital copy for an unbiased, honest review.
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