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Mystery & Thriller Tense & Suspenseful Fast-Paced

The Girl on the Train

Paula Hawkins

3.6 via Goodreads

A woman who watches the world from a commuter train window becomes entangled in the disappearance of a stranger.

Mood Tense & Suspenseful
Pacing Fast-Paced
Complexity Light & Accessible
Pages 336
Reading Time ~11–17 hrs

About This Book

The #1 New York Times Bestseller, USA Today Book of the Year, now a major motion picture starring Emily Blunt. The debut psychological thriller that will forever change the way you look at other people's lives, from the author of Into the Water and A Slow Fire Burning. “Nothing is more addicting than The Girl on the Train.”—Vanity Fair“The Girl on the Train has more fun with unreliable narration than any chiller since Gone Girl. . . . [It] is liable to draw a large, bedazzled readership.

Who This Is For

Best for readers who want to be kept on edge: propulsive, twisty, and hard to put down. The prose is accessible: you can read this quickly and it never asks too much of you. It moves quickly: once you're in, it's hard to stop. Readers who prefer character depth over plot drive may find it thin.

Best Read When

Best read when you're in the mood for something tense and impossible to put down, and a read that's fast and propulsive.

What It Explores

The Girl on the Train explores love in its most complicated forms, revenge and whether it ever delivers what it promises, and identity and the gap between who we are and who we pretend to be.

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