So I have heard about this book for a while - it's been a NY Times bestseller for the longest time - but I just got around to reading it. And I just have to say wow.
Rachel is the girl on the train. She lives in suburban London and has lost her husband and her job because she has a drinking problem. But everyday she rides the train back and forth so her flatmate thinks she is going to work. One of the places where the train always stops has a row of houses where a seemingly perfect couple - and also Rachel's ex-husband, Tom, new wife, Anna, and baby - live. Then the woman from the perfect couple disappears.
So Rachel knows that she was there at that train station the night the woman, Megan, disappeared, but she was so drunk she doesn't remember what happened. But she thinks she can help clear Megan's husband, Scott, of any suspicion, so she contacts him. Then the whole Rachel-Megan-Scott-Tom-Anna thing just gets crazy. I don't want to give anything away.
The novel is written from the different perspectives of the three women, mostly Rachel and Megan but a bit from Anna as well. I wasn't completely surprised by the ending but it did take me a bit to catch on. There's a very Gone Girl quality to the story that's quite appealing. It will be interesting to see how they make the movie work.
This was a great book, and I couldn't put it down.
The Girl on the Train
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