The Girl on the Train

“I have never understood how people can blithely disregard the damage they do by following their hearts.”

Holy crap! I started this book awhile ago and only read about half of it before I put it down. Now I have no idea why I did that. This book is thriller through and through right to the very end. This haunting tale is about a women who destroyed her life and struggled to deal with the repercussions of that. In the course of all this she becomes tangled in a web of lies and betrayal that stems farther back than the book's timeline covers. This is quite an enjoyable that will keep you on the edge of your seat. With the turn of each page I found myself with more questions than I had answers. In the end the entire tale is wrapped up in a neat little bow that left me with the question of do we really know people as well as we believe we do? We all know that people live and conduct themselves differently behind close doors than they do in the eye of the public. How far down is that change and what will someone do to hide it?
I was impressed with the story overall except I was thrown for a loop based on the way the story was told. Imagine reading the diary of someone and in the middle of their thought they jump back six months from the current log. Now take that and have them telling the story from six months ago from another person's point of view. It took me a few changes to fully understand what was going on and personally I'm not the biggest fan of that writing style. Other wise the book is amazing and would suggest it to anyone who enjoys mysteries and trillers.