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Old 08-07-2016, 05:24 PM   #420
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Read "The Girl On The Train" as my wife had recently bought it, and I caught the trailer for the upcoming movie starring Emily Blunt () and was intrigued.

Read it in 2 days so it must have kept me interested (a proverbial "page turner"). The plot was interesting for the most part, it's written from the perspective of 3 different women, however, they all "sound" the same. It's a little difficult to follow at first as the timeline jumps around.

There's a twist at the end which is pretty well executed, as in you might not see it coming, yet it descends into Bond Villain territory with the level of tacked on exposition from the bad guy of the book.

Another issue is that none of the characters are all that likeable, and the message seems to be that all women are fucked up, and all men are monsters.


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