THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN - PAULA HAWKINS

 

 

THE BLURBS ONTHE FRONT OF THIS NOVEL CONVINCED ME IT WOULD BE A FABULOUS READ - STORY SOLD TO HOLLYWOOD, ALL OF THAT STUFF, STEPHEN KING RIVETTED, KEPT AWAKE. THAT WAS PROBABLY BECAUSE THE BOOK KEPT FALLING ON HIS FACE WHILE HE WAS READING AT NIGHT.

THIS IS AN ORDINARY CRIME NOVEL. LIKE ANY OTHER CRIME NOVEL WE'RE NEVER QUITE SURE WHO DID WHAT AND THE ENDING WAS A SURPRISE BUT NO DIFFERENT FROM THE END OF MOST CRIME STORIES. IT IS UNDISTINGUISHED.

THE NAME ITSELF IS  MISLEADING. YES, SHE USES THE TRAIN AND OBSERVES HOUSES AS HE PASSES THEM BUT I'D HAVE TO GIVE A 4 FOR THE NAME. COULD DO BETTER.  GOOD TASTE STOPS ME TELLING YOU WHODUNNIT BUT AS FAR AS PLOTS GO, THIS MOVIE, WHEN THEY MAKE IT, COULD GO STRAIGHT TO DVD.