![]() If The Girl on the Train is on your ‘to read’ or ‘currently reading’ pile, now is the time to stop scrolling and amuse yourself with some of our more measured reviews.įor this rant I shall be using the open shit sandwich method in which one starts by looking for something nice to say and then, pleasantries accounted for, moves swiftly on to examining what the hell went wrong. So all aboard for a good old rant! Before we begin our journey, a little housekeeping: the following word spew contains unchecked book rage and SPOILERS. And I gotta tell you, the problems I have with this book go way beyond lazy plotting and clunky dialogue. Big international bestsellers like The Girl on the Train are exactly the type of books we should- must-make the subject of scrutiny because, whether we like it or not, these books have influence. ![]() I wasn’t going to review Paula Hawkins‘ The Girl on the Train. Pointing out the myriad problems with poorly written pulp fiction is akin to shooting fish in a barrel and makes me sound like a pompous git with a giant bookmark up my arse to boot. Books like this are written to provide a few minutes’ escape on the train to work, to make a long flight pass more quickly, to distract troubled minds, to offer fantasies when our own imaginations fail. The whole point is to switch your brain off. Don’t take it too seriously. ![]() Margot McGovern reviews The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins. ![]()
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