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I saw this twist coming from a mile away, but I still enjoyed it. The protagonist takes the train every day and starts to develop parasocial relationships with the people she sees in their yard as the train goes by. Over time, she gets involved in their real lives and it gets… complicated. A quick read!

This was my first Paula Hawkins novel, and I enjoyed it quite a bit. There are some clichéd parts, some elements that strain credulity a little, but it's all part of the gripping journey. The word "grizzle" is used a lot to describe the fussing of a baby, and while I know what it means, it always seems like a strange---and therefore distracting---word for what it describes.

After a frustrating doctor visit (I'm starting to think there‘s no other kind), I treated myself to some library time. I am SO looking forward to October! These are two authors I've never read before, and I figured it was a good time to remedy that.

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#GreatPlotTwist yes, the ending did surprise me.
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@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Gripping at first but then I just got really bored with the long drawn way in which the author tried to keep up the mystery. Fast read but towards the end I just wanted to get it over with.

Who's to say that once I run, I'll find that isn't enough? Who's to say I won't end up feeling exactly the way I do right now— not safe, but stifled? Maybe I'Il want to run again, and again, and eventually I'll end up back by those old tracks, because there's nowhere left to go.

This isn‘t normally my kind of read, but I wasn‘t into the last 3 books I started, and this one just kept me going. I watched the film adaptation on Netflix and enjoyed it. You could say it‘s a story of a love pentagon (not a triangle) with a lot of alcohol, abuse, gaslighting, with some murder thrown in. Not a bad read.

Happy Saturday everyone!! I hope you all are having a great weekend!

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1. I have many! At the top of the list is willful ignorance.
2. This is more of a trope than a specific trait, but a character who‘s a “hot mess” (tagged book) really irritates me.
#two4tuesday

Very enjoyable and relatable read!

I listened this book on audiobook and I enjoyed the book and the narrators very much. One of the narrators was Louise Brealey who played Molly Hooper in BBC'S Sherlock. I loved the story very much!!! I rated the book a 5 out of 5 stars!!!

Wow! A fantastic and tragic story told from multiple perspectives!

Suspenseful story but the characters were irritating

3✨ It was a decent mystery thriller. I suspected most of what would happen. It is written in 3 different perspectives. Rachel is an alcoholic who may have seen something, but she was so drunk she‘s having trouble remembering the night. One turns into our missing person, and the last helps us tie the two together. Read for #roll100 -May @PuddleJumper

That dust cloud is Zombie enjoying a dust bath. Carmel is waiting her turn. Listening to the tagged in the shade while the kids are playing. 🥰

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I was really hoping this would be better but it was just okay. There were a few twists that I didn‘t see coming but overall, I‘m just glad I could count it as Popsugar Prompt 2.

Just finished reading and I loved it!! Psychological triller is my favorite genre and this book didn‘t disappoint!

I read this book solely to fulfill the #pop21 “book everyone seems to have read but you” prompt.

The narration was great in the 🎧 📖, which is what made this tolerable. There‘s a reason why I didn‘t read this when everyone else was, I knew it was not for me. And I was right! It wasn‘t terrible, but there are so many better psychological thrillers out there.

For those of you who enjoy a really shocking and suspenseful boom The Girl on the Train IS for you. The day after a horrible drunken stupor that Rachel barely remembers she hears horrible news.. Megan Hipwell who Rachel called Jess went missing. She is interrogated later that day by police as she was seen in the area where Megan lived the same day she went missing. Rachel didnt explain everything to the police and later feels that she must

For the thrill seekers and mystery lovers The Girl on the Train is certainly one of the best novels one could read. Its foreboding beginning introduces Rachel a divorcee who rides the train daily to and from Asbury to London so it appears she is employed. On the way she passes through her old town Whitney. There each day she spies on her ex husband Tom and his new family in their old home as well as this couple she calls Jess and Jason.

Not on a par with Gone Girl but definitely worth the read.

Just started this one. It‘s been in my TBR pile for a while, so I‘m excited to finally get to read it.

Very cool. Kept me guessing. I love how you get to know each of the female characters from the first person perspective. Loved the ending.

3/5 I liked the switching POV of this book because it added to the mystery. We switch between 3 women at different points in time: the main character, a mistress, and a victim. However, I had difficulty relating to the characters and didn‘t empathize with them as much as others did - maybe because there was a LOT of infidelity and alcohol. The book kept my interest as I read, but I was able to predict the ending before the big reveal.

#Movie2BookRecs @klou
Prompt: Julianne Moore

I‘ve not got much to say in this one. I actually wasn‘t able to figure out who it was till right before you‘re told but I felt pretty meh through the whole book. I had no feeling for any of the characters so I just didn‘t really care.

I really enjoyed reading this book. I love the writing style concept, but each chapter is titled with a date and time of day. At times, it was hard to remember what "date" you left off on- unfortunately that infor was pertinent as they sometimes backtracked as it was a diff perspective from a diff character. Entertaining, well written, with just enough twists, relatability, and just a little bit predictable, but in a way that you appreciate. 3/5

June TBR

I threw in a couple extra so we‘ll see how this goes.

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Ehhhh idk why I thought of this book... It‘s a hot mess with no likable characters. Rachel #meddles in a situation which sends her down a rabbit hole and finally to the truth. And talk about character flaws! All of these have major issues!

#MayCharacters

"Who was it said that following your heart is a good thing? It is pure egotism, a selfishness to conquer all."

By portraying the protagonist as pathetically possible as she could, Hawkins's heroine is still capable of drawing attention, empathy and even relatability at times. The beauty of the fallen doesn't come through as flashy or stable, yet the straight forward nature it convey hits the chords fairly well.

Begins with a girl on a train and what she sees out the window. A lady comes up missing and the woman who rides the train has an alcoholism problem that discredits the information she has for police. Drunkenness prevents her from clearly remembering what happened that night, but it slowly comes back to her, to the horror of those involved. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

1) Rachel 😱 🍺🤯
2) Behind Her Eyes 👀 WTH ?! Christine threw the book! 🤣🤣🤣
3) too many to count!!

#WondrousWednesday

Nightmare by Halsey

Scary/horror books

These are more mystery/thriller but I‘m easily scared so I say they fit.

#beatthebacklist #beatthebacklist2020 #btboctober20

1* not necessarily the specific tagged, but thrillers are pretty overrated to me.
2* it doesn‘t matter to me where I‘m reading. The books take me away.
3* caramel!

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Thanks for the tag @Eggs 🥰

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Written in the first person, this book is like being inside a depressed, neurotic woman's head as she tries to make sense of a shifting reality while seeking the truth behind a woman's disappearance. Murder, adultery, a protagonist who has hit rock bottom - there are elements that keep you hooked till the very end.
Rating 4

I don‘t read thrillers/murder mysteries very often, but this was pretty good. I didn‘t love it but it did keep me intrigued. I thought the infidelity theme was a bit overplayed, but it tied into the story, I suppose.

September #doublespin #bookspin
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She‘s buried beneath a silver birch tree, down towards the old train tracks, her grave marked with a cairn.

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Thriller and Suspense.
Ones you start the book there is no out.
Every bit of a page Turner.

I enjoyed this book, but found it a little slow moving.

I loved this book immediately. I enjoyed the style of writing, the personal voices and the ending was better than superb.

I absolutely loved this book!! My fifth book of #lockdown and the one I‘ve read the quickest. I didn‘t want to put it down. I had watched the film years ago and didn‘t fully remember the story line which worked perfectly with all the twists in the story. I really loved the book and would highly recommend it

I'm still reading this book, The Girl On The Train, but it's still amazing! It has so many plot twists and it never fails to keep me engaged. There is a recurring symbol of alcohol in this book, as Rachel seems to struggle with being an alcoholic throughout the book. If you like books that have a lot of ups and downs then this is definitely a good read for you!

I didn‘t go on my walk yesterday because it was raining most of the day. But I made up for it by starting The Girl in the Train on audiobook. #BFC #BFC28