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A review by abigailhaagen
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
dark
mysterious
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Captivating book with a good mystery, even I did figure it out halfway through (I say, adjusting my Sherlock Holmes hat), but it was still interesting to see how the characters/author played it out. The gradual revealing of lives and secrets was well done also. The prose itself wasn't great; there weren't distinctions between character voices, and a lot of the story was told to us instead of shown. That said, it was still done well, and, even though the characters were awful people making awful decisions, I still managed to sympathize with them, even if I was just yelling at them to not be stupid.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual content and Abandonment
Minor: Fatphobia and Abortion