The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins gets off to confusing
start with the narrator imagining the names and lives of people she sees from the
train as she rides each day to and from her make-believe job in a nearby city.
Once the
reader gets a grip on the pattern of Ms. Hwkins’ writing style and how she
moves from one character’s view to another, the reader will find this novel fascinating.
Rachel’s fear and depression works its way into the mind of
the reader, letting her/him experience, as close as possible, the character’s
pain and worry. Questions plague Rachel as she tries to remember how she was injured
and why she has blood on her clothes.
I can truthfully recommend this book, but be prepared to
take notes, at least mentally, of who and what is happening in the first couple
of chapters. The end knocked this reader for a loop. I just wasn’t prepared for
it.
