So if paula hawkins the girl on the train was your cup of tea maybe with a shot of whiskey, then youll probably find these 15 books just as entertaining. Irma jouberts upcoming the girl from the train was actually published nearly a decade ago but this november will be the first time an english translation of the novel has been published. The girl on the train, by paula hawkins paula hawkins gripping new thriller begins with bitter, dissolute rachel, who sees what she. Jan 15, 2015 the girl on the train is rachel, an alcoholic. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 316 pages and is available in paperback format.
We might have barbecued out back with friends, or gone to the rose and sat in the beer garden, faces flushing with sun and alcohol as the afternoon went on, weaving home, arm in arm, falling asleep on the sofa. Goodreads members who liked the girl on the train also liked. She sees them through the windows of the train which she takes each morning and evening on her commute to and from london. Jan 27, 2015 the girl on the train is also a good pick for anyone that doesnt have much time for reading the chapters are relatively short, making this a quick, easytofollow read for anyone looking to squeeze in 510 minutes here or there.
Eventually, shes able to find refuge with jakob, a polish freedom fighter. If your favorite thing about the girl on the train is the train, youre in luck. But the secret to the books success can be found in the plot summary on the inside cover. The girl on the train is a 2015 psychological thriller novel by british author paula hawkins that gives narratives from three different women about relationship troubles and binge drinking. Books similar to the girl on the train the girl on the train. The girl on the train by paula hawkins epub download free. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. A girl on a train is the perfect read for a rainy day, long train or bus ride. Each day, rachel takes the train to work in london, heading past the town of witney. Read it, then invite your book club over to watch the hitchcock film. There were posters all over the go train, subways and buses. By chloe gilke, managing arts editor published february 8, 2015.
Here, the girl on the train shines, with its mystery resolved by a leftfield plot twist that works, followed, surprisingly, by what you might call a happy ending. Every day, she takes the train in to work in new york, and every day the train passes by her old house. The girl on the train by paula hawkins uk hardcover. 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 womans disappearance. This is just what seeped into my head the moment i saw the amount of rating it managed to accumulate. What to read after the girl on the train posted by cat, deputy editor on july 07, 2015 no question, the most popular thriller so far this year is paula hawkins slowburning psychological thriller, the girl on the train. Im not sure why it took so long for and english edition to make it. Girl on the train author hawkins announces next book. Read the girl on the train a novel by paula hawkins available from rakuten kobo. Shes even started to feel like she knows the people who live in one.
Vanity fair the girl on the train has more fun with unreliable narration than any chiller. The girl on the train by paula hawkins is a psychologically gripping debut that delivers. The girl on the train book club discussion questions. The writing is good, but i found it difficult to get into the story to connect with gretl. The girl on the train print email letter to the editor. It is singleminded ingetting to the crux of what happened to a seemingly lonely, bland girl on a train who ends up dead. It follows the lives of three women rachel, anna, and megan and the events surrounding megans murder, ultimately bringing the lives of the three women together. The girl on the train has more fun with unreliable narration than any chiller since gone girl. The girl on the train, by paula hawkins paula hawkins gripping new thriller begins with bitter, dissolute rachel, who sees what she believes to be a perfect couple, every morning. I gladly recommend you to read the girl on the train though to me she was a woman, not a girl. Janet maslin, the new york times the girl on the train marries movie noir with novelistic trickery.
The main characters of this mystery, fiction story are rachel watson, anna watson. The couple, whose real names are megan and scott, live a few houses away from the one rachel used to occupy, before her alcoholism poisoned. Megan appears to be the books most complicated character, both because we spend the least amount of time in her point of view out of our three main characters and because the other. Megan appears to be the book s most complicated character, both because we spend the least amount of time in her point of view out of our three main characters and because the other two characters have such conflicting views of her. I was responsible for leading the book club discussion this month. An alternative cover edition for this isbn can be found here.
The girl on the train pulls off a thrillers toughest trick. Hawkins s debut ends with a twist that no one least of all its victims could have seen coming. It must have worked well, because as of now, its still on the nyt best sellers list. The girl on the train is one of those delicious thrillers that can be devoured in four sittings, thats two return journeys on a typical train trip. Rachel catches the same commuter train every morning.
We had chosen the girl on the train by paula hawkins. The girl on the train and under the shadow the new. The girl on the train by paula hawkins penguin books australia. Jan, 2015 desperate to find lives more fulfilling than her own, a lonely london commuter imagines the story of a couple shes only glimpsed through the train window in hawkins chilling, assured debut, in which the line between truth and lie constantly shifts like the rocking of a train. This one has additional strife in pining for her ex and is a lush, as well, with a fantasy about true love, seen through the train window a perfect couple, together in a london back garden.
The first edition of the novel was published in january th 2015, and was written by paula hawkins. Notwithstanding all of the deceit, deception and general outandout fraud one will find in the girl on the train, each and every word in this engrossing debut thriller by paula hawkins has the ring of truth to it. The girl on the train is the story of rachel watsons life postdivorce. The girl on the train, by paula hawkins the new york times. She knows it will wait at the same signal each time, overlooking a row of back gardens. Oct 06, 2016 there is nothing better than reading a great thriller.
Download the girl on the train by paula hawkins free fulltext complete pdf ebook. Oct 04, 2015 i was responsible for leading the book club discussion this month. Entertainment weekly gone girlfans will devour this psychological thriller. Nothing is more addicting than the girl on the train. But you likely knocked out both of those books before the calendar flipped over to 2. Finally, ive got three copies of the girl on the train to give away. Mystery books to read if you like the girl on the train. The novel debuted in the number one spot on the new york times fiction best sellers of 2015 list print and ebook dated 1 february 2015, and remained in the top position for consecutive weeks, until. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. New york daily news the girl on the train by paula hawkins is a psychologically gripping debut that delivers.
The girl from the train is basically one long historical romance novel emphasis on the history. Free download or read online the girl on the train pdf epub book. The girl on the train focuses on no centralized theme, rather the theme revolves around various topics. The 5 biggest girl on the train book to movie changes. The plot is believable, interesting and there are thrills and chills. The girl on the train by paula hawkins paper clips. If you want to read a gripping mysterypsychological thriller that will blow your mind, the girl on the train is the book for you. The girl on the train by paula hawkins, paperback barnes. Like gone girl, hawkinss book is a highly addictive novel about a lonely divorcee who gets caught. But theres also nothing worse than finishing it of course the babysitter did it.
The girl on the train is a 2015 psychological thriller novel by british author paula hawkins that. Girl on the train author hawkins announces next book, into the water associated press new york the british author of the girl on the train will next tell a tale of murder in a riverside town. This post contains the girl on the train spoilers if you somehow have neither read the girl on the train nor seen the movie yet, turn back now. I think that the world war ii theme has just been very overdone this year. The girl on the train is full of backstabbing, none of it literal. She rides the commuter rail to and from london every day for work or so she says.
The girl on the train by paula hawkins booksamillion. Born and brought up in zimbabwe, paula moved to london in 1989. The girl on the train is liable to draw a large, bedazzled readership too. Find books like the girl on the train from the worlds largest community of readers. Those of us who have used public transit will identify and, to some degree, sympathize with the books very troubled protagonist. How is the girl on the train movie different from the book. Paula hawkinss highly anticipated debut novel is a dark, gripping thriller with the shocking.
However, there are at least five big differences that youll notice even if its. The missourianthe girl on the train is the kind of slippery, thrilling read that only comes around every few years see gone girl. The girl on the train is a woman who has become usual now. The girl from the train by irma joubertwhen 6yearold gretl jumps from a train bound for auschwitz, her mother and grandmother are unable to follow her. Theres a whiff of agatha christie and a dollop of gone girl with plenty of blind alleys that we happily wander up and get lost in. An alternative cover edition for this isbn can be found. The girl on the train by paula hawkins penguin books. The girl on the train, paula hawkins the girl on the train 2015 is a psychological thriller novel by british author paula hawkins. The girl on the train study guide contains a biography of paula hawkins, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. The girl on the train by paula hawkins waterstones. The novel debuted in the number one spot on the new york times fiction best sellers of 2015 list print and e book dated 1 february 2015, and remained in the top position for consecutive weeks, until. The girl on the train by paula hawkins crime thriller girl. If youve already gobbled up the girl on the train, youre probably hungry for something similar to read that hits lots of the same notes. In hardback, paula hawkins the girl on the train was the undoubted waterstones smashhit of 2015, emerging from the pack of gone girlesque amnesia thrillers as a remarkable success in its own right.
In 2015 it became the fastestselling adult hardcover novel in history, and it spent over four months on the new york times bestseller list following its release. Pdf the girl on the train book by paula hawkins free. In july of 20, rachel watson is a female on a locomotive, a. The debut psychological thriller that will forever change the way you look at other peoples lives, from the author of into the water. She knows it will wait at the same signal each time, overlooking a row of back. The girl on the train ebook by paula hawkins rakuten kobo. Theres a whiff of agatha christie and a dollop of gone girl with plenty of blind alleys that we happily wander up and get lost. If you liked gillian flynns dark and suspenseful gone girl, then you have to read paula hawkinss pageturner the girl on the trainand vice versa. Its difficult to imagine any way these events could be rendered credible, but the girl on the train is further impaired by its narrative structure, which shifts from rachels discounted.
Rachel emily blunt used to be married to tom justin theroux, but tom had an. Oct 08, 2016 the girl on the train was the mustread thriller of 2015, and for the most part, the movie sticks to the book. The house she lived in with her husband, who still lives there, with his new wife and child. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the girl on the train. When 6yearold gretl jumps from a train bound for auschwitz, her mother and grandmother are unable to follow her. The girl from the train ebook by irma joubert rakuten kobo. Feb 01, 2015 its difficult to imagine any way these events could be rendered credible, but the girl on the train is further impaired by its narrative structure, which shifts from rachels discounted. It must have worked well, because as of now, its still on. Jan, 2015 the girl on the train is her first thriller. Listen carefully, and answer the questions that follow. Nov 29, 2016 girl on the train author hawkins announces next book, into the water associated press new york the british author of the girl on the train will next tell a tale of murder in a riverside town. So youve ridden the train, youve unearthed all those lies and secrets, but what do you read next. The girl on the train is one of those books where you cant wait yet almost cant bear to turn the page.
The missourian the girl on the train is the kind of slippery, thrilling read that only comes around every few years see gone girl. In various instances of the girl on the train, we can notice characters who in their dishonest manner have tried to deceit the other characters of the novel. But rachel is prone to blackouts, irrationality and drunk. Hawkins was born in zimbabwe and now lives in london.
The girl on the train how in the world did this thriller novel gain so much fuss. Paula hawkins worked as a journalist for fifteen years before turning her hand to fiction. The girl on the train is a mystery and suspense novel by paula hawkins. The girl on the train was the mustread thriller of 2015, and for the most part, the movie sticks to the book. The girl on the train is also a good pick for anyone that doesnt have much time for reading the chapters are relatively short, making this a quick, easytofollow read for anyone looking to squeeze in 510 minutes here or there. Girl on the train author hawkins announces next book, into.
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