The Girl on the Train: The multi-million-copy global phenomenon

I found the protagonist' line of thought astonishingly irritating. She is weak, insecure, an alcoholic and depressed. Much of the plot revolves around how the protagonist thinks how pathetic her life is. The quality of writing is not astonishingly good either. So I hated the plot, hated the character, found neither inspiration nor insight in the book and did not particularly enjoy Paula's writing. Maybe I would have liked it better if I could relate to the character more.

Painful to read. Imagine having spaghetti for dinner where all the pasta is uncooked, you're hungry and you're trying to pick up the good bits but no matter what you do you end up having to chew through the whole lot. Painful and cringe worthy journey through alcohol addiction and stupid insecurity. How convenient the alcohol is an on and off curtain for the story, when it's convenient, the curtain goes up and exposes bits of story. It makes me angry to read it. I hate Rachel and everything she does. I haven't finished the book, I asked my wife about the ending. I just couldn't take it any more. Page after page Rachel does stupid things. Ugh... What I relief I'm done with this book.

No idea what the hype's all about. The plot was derivative and the characters dull and thoroughly unlikeable. That the main character keeps making the same mistakes and can't just leave things alone is really irritating. That said if you want to read a story about an alcoholic loser who nearly gets herself killed and hasn't grown as a person in any way by the end of the novel, jump right in. Seriously awful.