This week, I've been reading The Girl On The Train written by Paula Hawkins. The book is an absolute page-turner and is told from the perspective of three unreliable narrators.
The main character Rachel is the girl on the train. She is a heavy drinker and cannot come to terms with her life after her divorce from her husband.
She has lost her job and rather than reveal this to her flatmate, she continues to take the train into the city everyday, pretending to go to work. Everyday the train slows to a stop near a signal, and from her window she watches a couple who live a few houses down from her old house, where she lived with her husband. She invents their perfect personality and their relationship which she idolizes. They are the only solace in her dreary, pointless life. Then one day, she witnesses something that doesn't quite add up, which ends up being significant in a shocking crime. She ends up being embroiled in events that are way over her head. And you can't help but cringe at some of the decisions she makes.
As for the ending, I have to admit although I did think of the possibility , I did not see it coming. Paula Hawkins does a stellar job, this being her debut novel. I had a hard time putting this book down and I would definitely recommend it, specially to those who cannot resist a gripping, whodunit thriller.
Currently Reading- A Spool Of Blue Thread By Anne Tyler
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