I'm back with a book review for you. Audiobook style. This was last month's book club read and it has literally taken me weeks to get around to writing this review. I hate when that happens, but sometimes I want to "marinate" on it - as they say. Read on to find out what I thought of The Girl on the Train.
Release Date: January 13, 2015 (first published January 1, 2014)
Format: Audio MP3
Pages: Hardcover: 336 pages | Audio Length: Approx 11 hours
Narrator(s): Clare Corbett, Louise Brealey, India Fisher
Source: Audible
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Review Date: September 23, 2015
Rating: 3 bookmarks
Synopsis: Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning. 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.
And then she sees something shocking. It’s only a minute until the train moves on, but it’s enough. Now everything’s changed. Unable to keep it to herself, Rachel offers what she knows to the police, and becomes inextricably entwined in what happens next, as well as in the lives of everyone involved. Has she done more harm than good?
I had a mixed bag of feeling about this book. When reading the synopsis I thought that this story was all about Rachel and what she saw. False advertising in my opinion. This story is about Rachel, Anna, and Megan. How their lives all connect, especially on the day that a murder occurs in Rachel's old neighborhood. Throw in a few husbands, a few secrets, an interesting plot twist, and we have The Girl on the Train.
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Listen to a sample of the audiobook below.
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