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Todas as manhãs Rachel pega o trem das 8h04 de Ashbury para Londres. O arrastar trepidante pelos trilhos faz parte de sua rotina. O percurso, que ela conhece de cor, é um hipnotizante passeio de galpões, caixas d’água, pontes e aconchegantes casas. Em determinado trecho, o trem para no sinal vermelho. E é de lá que Rachel observa diariamente a casa de número 15. Obcecada com seus belos habitantes – a quem chama de Jess e Janson –, Rachel é capaz de descrever o que imagina ser a vida perfeita do jovem casal. Até testemunhar uma cena chocante, segundos antes de o trem dar um solavanco e seguir viagem. Poucos dias depois, ela descobre que Jess – na verdade Megan – está desaparecida. Sem conseguir se manter alheia à situação, ela vai à polícia e conta o que viu. E acaba não só participando diretamente do desenrolar dos acontecimentos, mas também da vida de todos os envolvidos. Uma narrativa extremamente inteligente e repleta de reviravoltas, A garota no trem é um thriller digno de Hitchcock a ser compulsivamente devorado.
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I was really disappointed with this book. I came in hoping for a nice thriller, with a gripping mystery, but found myself instead following three very messed up women and how their life's got tangled up. The plot dragged in several parts, so much that I put it down only to pick it up again after almost three months, and was only engaged again in the end. The mystery in itself was Rachel's missing memory of the night Megan got killed and even that failed to get my attention, given the book often sidetracked to other things. There was almost no character development and I couldn't relate to any of the characters. I did pitied Megan by the end of the book and could understand her motivations and her as character better, but I still disliked her a lot. I absolutely HATED Anna, she was a selfish, self-righteous bitch and I liked to see her get exactly what she did to Rachel come to bite her in the end.
Rachel was the only one I actually sympathized with - the girl was pressured to have a baby and when she failed to conceive, she spiralled into the depression, started to drink and at the time she needed him the most, the sorry excuse for a human being that was her husband not only cheated on her, but kicked her out of the house to marry the mistress AND had a child with said mistress, rubbing it on Rach's face and constantly treating her like shit, not only after, but when they were married as well, putting the blame on her for a lot that was actually his fault and tooking advantage of her drunk state to play with her mind. Then, she lost her job, her old life and was battling an addiction. I liked that Hawkins didn't make her sober overnight, after she became involved the Megan's disappearence, but instead made her struggle and relapse very often, like a true alcoholic or any other addicted would. Rachel as a character felt very real to me and that was one of the only things about this book that I enjoyed. Her ending made me happy.
I didn't see the big reveal coming, but it wasn't a big surprise and I didn't care for it as much as I should given the premise of the book. I'm glad I finally finished this one, so I don't have to worry about it sitting on my shelf.
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