Variously described as 'fast paced' and 'suspenseful', The Girl On The Train, a psychological thriller by Paula Hawkins, should have been engrossing, but, for us at least, it didn't live up to the hype.
The novel is mostly about Rachel, a depressive and an alcoholic, who sees something unexpected from her train window, which shatters her illusion of the perfect couple. Megan, the woman in question, goes missing and is later found dead, and so begins Rachel's obsessive desire to find the killer. Is it her ex-husband Tom, his wife Anna, Megan's husband Scott, or perhaps the psychotherapist? In spite of red herrings and withheld information, it becomes clear to the reader 'whodunnit', but by the end of the novel we simply don't care. There are many eminent writers in the crime genre, but sadly, Paula Hawkins isn't one of them.
The novel is mostly about Rachel, a depressive and an alcoholic, who sees something unexpected from her train window, which shatters her illusion of the perfect couple. Megan, the woman in question, goes missing and is later found dead, and so begins Rachel's obsessive desire to find the killer. Is it her ex-husband Tom, his wife Anna, Megan's husband Scott, or perhaps the psychotherapist? In spite of red herrings and withheld information, it becomes clear to the reader 'whodunnit', but by the end of the novel we simply don't care. There are many eminent writers in the crime genre, but sadly, Paula Hawkins isn't one of them.
