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“You don't know her. But she knows houses had begun to give her the
you”.The Girl in the Train, with themes of impression that she knows them. She
domestic abuse, alcoholism, and drug identifies them as "Jess and Jason." She
abuse, is the best-known work of Paula believes that their life is wonderful and
Hawkins. Paula is a British author. The ideal. If only Rachel could experience such
major characters of this novel are: Rachel joy. Then she notices a startling sight that
Watson, Megan Hipwell, Anna Watson, immediately changes everything. Rachel
Scott Hipwell, Kamal Abdic, Tom Watson. has the chance to get involved in the lives
The story is best fit with its setting in the she had always simply observed. She is
sensational destination; London, England. much more than merely the girl on the
train, which they will now discover.
Every day, Rachel, the novel’s primary
narrator and protagonist, who is a divorcee This book is for you if you want to read a
and alcoholic, takes the same commuter riveting mystery,psychological thriller that
train every day. She is mindful that it will will shock your imagination. The Girl on
routinely wait at the same signal in front the Train is recounted from many points
of a house . The residents of one of the of views and has a superbly executed
narrative. I enjoyed getting inside the
heads of the three characters whose point
of view this book is well written about.
The novel was transformed into a film in
2016 . Later , based on the novel, in 2021,
a Hindi-language mystery-thriller film was
produced. This book explored different
personalities, each character being so
different yet so close to make the story
worth reading. Each character will give
you goosebumps along the way.
-Saparya Dixit
