2020 PenCraft Award Winner – Psychological Thriller
“The Girl on the Train pales in comparison to Give It Back, and all of my previous prejudices against the genre were swept away. It was engaging, relatable, suspenseful, and stunning in its use of language. And all written in the author’s second language. I was blown away.” -Ella Magazine
This novel follows three characters: Lorraine, Lexy, … Magazine
This novel follows three characters: Lorraine, Lexy, and Ella.
Lorraine: Not long ago, Lorraine lost her husband to another woman. She thought that was the worst thing that could happen to her, but soon she realizes it’s just the beginning of an everlasting nightmare. Lexy: Lexy, an au pair from London, moves to Seattle to help Lorraine with her infant son. But she didn’t come for the child…she came for something else. Ella: When Ella receives a call from her sister, Lorraine, who begs her to leave San Diego to spend time with her, she decides to take a few days off from work to visit her. Frightened to see how much Lorraine has weakened since her diagnosis eight months ago, she packs a bag and heads to Seattle with a foreboding feeling that this might be the last time she sees Lorraine.
But on her way to the airport, she learns that something shocking has happened since she last spoke with Lorraine and now. To make matters worse, once Ella arrives in Seattle, Lorraine’s story keeps changing, making Ella question how reliable her sister really is.
Soon Ella is entangled in a mysterious investigation, and more so, in the lives of everyone involved. She realizes not only that she won’t go home anytime soon but also that she’ll never look at others the same way she did before.
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Not a good read
I enjoyed the story. I did not like that the writer felt the need to continually drop the ‘f’ bomb. To me that really detracts from a comfy read.
I enjoyed that I did not know who the killer was until the end of the book.Always a great surprise.
Good book. Kept me reading. Very different and wasn’t expecting the ending.
The book was long and boring.
Really interesting and a good read. The only thing I didn’t enjoy was the author’s jumping back and forth between present day and a few months earlier…got confusing at times unless you paid attention to the dates at beginning of each chapter. I wonder if it would have been more effective if it just started at a point and continued to present day!
Interesting plot kept me reading. Twisted ending was a plus. Writing was compact and easy to follow for the individual characters. However, each character speaking in the first person and switching often was confusing. After the twisted ending, a look-back overall proved the author cleverly deceived the reader. Well done for a first novel.
You have to read to the end!!
This was an easy read. It kept me wondering who the bad guy was.
This was a very interesting read. I did not know whodunnit until I had about 7% of the book left. (I can’t figure out how to turn on pages in my Kindle). It wasn’t particularly fast moving, but there were a lot of twists and turns. Great summer read.
Couldn’t put it down.
Good read but kind of slow in places. Characters were believable but have to say I did not like the ending.
Wow!
It would have been a better book if the language hadn’t been so bad.
Liked the premise but it seemed to take forever to get anywhere. Got frustrated.
tOO MANY F-BOMBS
Sad that their are so many sick people in the world. Did not hold my interest that strongly
This book started out a bit weird for me, partly due to the format in which it was written. Once I got a few chapters in though, I couldn’t put it down. You really felt as if you got to know each character, and the story seemed so real. It was full of twists and turns. Overall a great book.
Picked up this book for free. I wasn’t expecting a great read considering the book was free but I was more than pleasantly surprised. This book was awesome! I couldn’t put it down. Twist and turns, unexpected outcomes. Loved it!
I wasn’t sure what to expect for a free book. The story kept my interest until the end. I actually look forward to reading it every day.