Published: January 13, 2015
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Author: Paula Hawkins
Pages: 336
Genres: Mystery, Fiction, Thriller, Suspence
Genres: Mystery, Fiction, Thriller, Suspence
Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. She’s even started to feel like she knows them. “Jess and Jason,” she calls them. Their life—as she sees it—is perfect. Not unlike the life she recently lost.
And then she sees something shocking. It’s only a minute until the train moves on, but it’s enough. Now everything’s changed. Unable to keep it to herself, Rachel offers what she knows to the police, and becomes inextricably entwined in what happens next, as well as in the lives of everyone involved. Has she done more harm than good?
And then she sees something shocking. It’s only a minute until the train moves on, but it’s enough. Now everything’s changed. Unable to keep it to herself, Rachel offers what she knows to the police, and becomes inextricably entwined in what happens next, as well as in the lives of everyone involved. Has she done more harm than good?
Rachel had her life perfect and planned out five years ago. She had a nice house, a husband, but now lives in the duplex of an old friend from university and has a serious drinking problem.
The story is told form 3 different POVs - of Rachel, Megan and Anna. It is also divided in little sections by the time of day - for example - Morning, Early afternoon, Evening.
If you have every known someone who has/had a drinking problem or was a drug addict you would know it's really not easy for them to stop. They cannot just decide that today is the last drink they'll have. It doesn't work that way. That being said, I've read a handful of books where the character goes through a stressful couple of days and suddenly stops their bad habit.
