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The Girl on the Train

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Boogers · 30/12/2015 08:43

What an excellent book! Just that really.

If anyone is looking for a recommendation for a brilliant thriller I heartily recommend this book. It's taken me less than a week to finish it and DH says he can't remember the last time I did that with a book. Excellent debut novel!

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Boogers · 30/12/2015 16:40

I've not yet read Gone Girl and though I know there's a twist I don't actually know what the story is about. That's one on my To-Do list too.

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Shadow1986 · 30/12/2015 16:38

My sister recommended girl on the train to me and I did enjoy it but also found it quite predictable! So no shock ending for me.

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Boogers · 30/12/2015 16:38

Chipsand - in a rare time of self-restraint I didn't read the last pages or flick through for spoilers. Probably what kept me hanging on until the last page, though I skipped a couple of pages where x was doing nasty things to y (spoiler averted) but it was still a gripping read!

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Redglitter · 30/12/2015 16:35

I thought it was totally over hyped I much preferred A Girl on A train which I bought by accident. Hated gone girl and I hate so many books are compared to them.both

ChipsandGuac · 30/12/2015 16:32

I forgot to add, the only downside of GOTT was I worked it all out very quickly. I blame that on reading too many relationship threads on MN! Grin

ChipsandGuac · 30/12/2015 16:30

Vashta I Liked both of them!

They were filming Girl on the Train at a town close to me a few weeks ago. The movie is set in the US which I think sucks a bit, tbh.

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Boogers · 30/12/2015 16:26

I think my next reads will be Disclaimer (courtesy of tillop) and Darkest Corner (courtesy of Quog and Wooden Spoon). Might take a while to get them from the library but thanks for the recommendations! Smile

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tillop · 30/12/2015 10:43

First post.

I am reading Disclaimer by Renee Knight.

Phew its good...

Quogwinkle · 30/12/2015 09:53

It wasn't bad as a good old fashioned type thriller and I enjoyed it for what it was, but don't understand why it got so much hype - it isn't any better than any of the other thrillers out there that don't get the big promotion.

Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes which was published a few years ago is better.

TheWoodenSpoonOfMischief · 30/12/2015 09:08

I really liked it too. I ve only recently started reading thrillers, thanks to mumsnet recommendation of Into The Darkest Corner, and I get really drawn into them.
I finished Girl on the Train in 4 days and can't remember the last time I managed that!

VashtaNerada · 30/12/2015 08:49

I didn't enjoy it at all! Found it very predictable and disappointing. But each to their own! I liked Gone Girl and hardly anyone else did Smile