Thriller Mystery 2014

The girl on the train by Paula Hawkins

Published in Spanish as La chica del tren

She knows it will wait at the same signal each time, overlooking a row of back gardens.

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What it is

A narrator who doesn't tell you the truth · nobody is entirely good

What happens in it

Unreliable narrator

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How it's told

Who tells it
Several voices
Pulls you in with
The plot
Style
Easy to get into

Before you pick it up

Is it for you?

It's for you if…

  • you enjoy not trusting who's telling it
  • you like reading with your heart in your mouth
  • you like a book that leaves you uneasy

Maybe not if…

  • how it's written matters more to you than what happens

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