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Jan 13, 2015 · 2,985,294 ratings128,011 reviews. Goodreads Choice Award. Winner for Best Mystery & Thriller (2015) Rachel catches the same commuter train every morning. She knows it will wait at the same signal each time, overlooking a row of back gardens.
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Jan 13, 2015 · Paula Hawkins' gripping new thriller begins with bitter, dissolute Rachel, who sees what she believes to be a perfect couple, every morning on the train to work — and then one day, the wife is...
Nov 27, 2019 · Book Review. Title: The Girl On The Train. Author: Paula Hawkins. Publisher: Doubleday. Genre: Psychological Thriller. First Publication: 2015. Language: English. Major Characters: Rachel Watson, Megan Hipwell, Anna Watson, Scott Hipwell, Kamal Abdic, Tom Watson. Setting Place: London, England.
Jan 30, 2015 · To the limited scope of a window frame, the former London journalist Paula Hawkins, in her debut thriller, “The Girl on the Train,” offers a few additional obfuscations.
- Switch in Perspectives
- Melancholic Lives and Complexity of Characters
- Harmful Effects of Obsession
- A Revealing End
The story of ‘The Girl on the Train’offers different points of view in every part of the story. This style creates anticipatory narratives that captivate the reader. By shifting between the perspectives of Rachel, Megan, and Anna, the author builds a complex story of unreliability and twists linked through trains. Hawkins uses this technique to con...
This novel explores the dilemmas and complexities of the characters. Paula Hawkinsskillfully examines issues like excessive interest, addiction, and melancholy. Rachel, Megan, and Anna’s lives intersect in unpredictable ways. In the book, Rachel is an alcohol abuser with obsessive traits. Divorced and jobless, she finds comfort in riding the train ...
In‘The Girl on the Train,’ Hawkins illustrates the dangerous force of obsession and its destructive consequences. Rachel Watson is the character that struggles the most with obsession. First, her ex-husband and his new family are a victim. She stalks them on and offline. While doing this, she lives in isolation from others. When Megan and Scott cat...
Initially, Tom Watson is a loving and dedicated husband tolerant of his possessive and once-abusive ex-wife. When Megan disappears, he is the least of the suspects. The reader’s choice of suspect gets manipulated through confusing narratives. In the end, however, Rachel solves the mystery. Tom is cheating on Anna with Megan and tries to abandon her...
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Jan 13, 2015 · A chilling thriller about a woman who imagines the life of a couple she sees from a train window and gets involved in a mystery. Kirkus Reviews praises the book as a bestseller with a shocking twist and a seamless plot.
Jan 4, 2015 · “The Girl on the Train” by Paula Hawkins is a tight, suspenseful chiller with a dubious narrator, who tries to solve the mystery of a woman’s disappearance.
