The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This audiobook (CD) was in the put-away-bag at the library and I couldn’t resist. I knew it was a fairly recent movie so I couldn’t wait to try it out.
Ah, but I wasn’t crazy for it. You would think it would do it for me. I used to take the train to work every day. I know how that imagination can take you places the train doesn’t. In fact, riding the train was how I wrote my first book. So that part of the first character grabbed me. That she had stories in her head about the people she saw in the homes she passed made her an interesting character to me. But somehow I mostly didn’t like her.
It was when the next character voice came in that I perked up my ears. Her voice reminded me of Gilly, Sam’s crush on Game of Thrones. I guess it is just her accent but having that familiar voice had me listening more closely. And I did like this character.
About the time I got into the story my CD player gave up. I ended up using my credit on Audible to get the audio onto my Kindle. That worked out better.
It has been over a week since I finished this book. Lots of life has happened since. So my memories are eroding. Still, I remember how I stayed up until 3 the last part of the book. It was well written and kept me interested.
The narrators: Clare Corbett, Louise Brealey, India Fisher were fantastic and different enough to keep me from getting the characters confused.
As the librarian had warned me, don’t read the last bit at night before sleep it is a thriller and it will keep you awake. Still, it was a good read. I’m glad I read it.
Darswords 
I didn’t hear the audio book of this, but I did read and liked the book very much. It took some interesting turns, for sure. 🙂
It seems pretty popular. Glad you liked it. Thanks for letting me know!
You’re welcome! I always like hearing about books, and what everyone thinks of them. 🙂
Great review. I loved it. It was not what i expected and it did keep me up until 3 am
Thank you. Glad you liked the book and the review. Also, glad I’m not the only one reading after midnight. 🙂
Oh boy when I get into a book I can read until the sun comes up. I get so into the characters that I actually miss them when the book is over! I really love reading
I feel the same way. It is why I can’t stand cliffhangers. I am so invested in the characters that I can’t stand leaving them in precarious positions why the author finishes the next installment in a series. Yes, reading is top of my favorites list. 😀
I will literally physically throw a book across the room at the wall if I have stayed up for 3 nights and it ends badly! I totally get it
LOL! I’ve done that, too! You invest all that time and energy and for what?!