This book has been raved about so much on social media that when I saw a hardback copy for £2.99 at a charity shop, I had to get it! (I love hardbacks, okay?! I don’t have nearly enough)
I’m on an internet-less holiday right now (literally posting this was a nightmare) so this book came in as a really great light read to fill my youtube and whatsapp-less days. I loved the simplicity of the layout, and although the dates were sometimes hard to follow, the story overall was easy to get your head around and in my opinion, well told.
As the kind of over imaginative person that loves to people watch and gets on the tube almost every day (namely not a train as in the book, but same thing right?!) the idea that you could become so entangled in a complete stranger’s life fascinates me.
This book offers you your classic mystery, in a wonderfully simple read that will leave you literally open-mouthed until the very end. I liked that it was written in separate chapters from different characters’ perspectives, so you could slowly gather the pieces which amounted to the end of the story and that the end left you with a little bit (not the greatest, but a little bit of) a cliffhanger as well.
It’s also quite nice how the book dealt with the very heavy and topical issues of alcoholism, mental health and adultery.
I honestly think that if you have some time to spare, you should definitely check out this book, as although I read it in between spare hours during 3 days, you could probably finish it in about a day and it’s a nice mystery to get your teeth into!
I love hardbacks, too! No shame in that! I renamed this book “Drunk Girl on the Train” in my review; the author tweeted back that she actually called the girl “drunk girl” during the writing of the book, before she had the name for her. Anyhow, great review–fun book!
That’s awesome! It’s cool that the author agreed with you too!! The name does suit her..
Anywho- thanks! 🙂