I resisted reading this book because of the hype surrounding it. But now I have. Am I glad I did? Hmm. Not sure. I raced through the first 300 pages, narrated by unreliable alcoholic Rachel, beautiful but unreliable Megan, and the nervy successor to Rachel as Tom's wife, Anna. I became interested in the way that their lives became involved with each other, these women who normally would have had no reason to know one other. But after that, my interest steadily waned as the plot became ever more unlikely, ever less credible. By the end, I really didn't believe in them at all, nor care what happened to them. But I suspect that you too will turn the pages if you read it, and will reach the end. A holiday read. ( )

This was a real page-turner for me. Everybody in this book is kind of awful, and the way the story spun out, some of it was predictable, but really well told, and I kept on wanting to know what the next twist was going to be. ( )

Meh. It was a quick read in a ostepop kind of way. I figured out the killer *waaay* too early into the story which made it a little boring. Very much a beach read. Pity I wasn’t on a beach whilst reading it. ( )

Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning and night. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. She’s even started to feel like she knows them. Jess and Jason, she calls them. Their life—as she sees it—is perfect. Not unlike the life she recently lost.

I find myself going through books like I go through clean underwear. This book was no exception. It was a fast paced novel that kept me swiping (iPad) through the pages until the very end. However, I found this book to be predictable. although I played the guessing game throughout the novel, somewhere in the middle I figured out the killer. I've only seen the movie adaptation of Gone Girl, so I have nothing to compare The Girl on the Train to in regards of writing style. I didn't like any of the characters, but sympathized with their situations at different times throughout the story. All in all I felt that the women in the story were very weak, always seeking some sort of validation or approval from men. This book definitely isn't the next Gone Girl, but the story is very familiar and fans of Gone Girl will either love this one, or... well you know. ( )

This one makes you anxious and worried and scared all at the same time, until the end when you realize what is going on. Then it becomes a matter of "I should have seen that." What makes you anxious is that the protagonist is not the best of people, yet she wants to be, and that causes more problems than if she just left things alone. Except, it doesn't.

Read it. Do it in one setting. ( )