Books and Writing - The Girl on the Train - By Paula Hawkins: "What She Sees, Gazing Out The Window, Will Change Everything"

**My Kind Of Crazy** · 09-30-2015, 07:54 PM

About the book

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An Amazon Best Book of the Month, January 2015: Intersecting, overlapping, not-quite-what-they-seem lives. Jealousies and betrayals and wounded hearts. A haunting unease that clutches and won’t let go. All this and more helps propel Paula Hawkins’s addictive debut into a new stratum of the psychological thriller genre. At times, I couldn’t help but think: Hitchcockian. From the opening line, the reader knows what they’re in for: “She’s buried beneath a silver birch tree, down towards the old train tracks…” But Hawkins teases out the mystery with a veteran’s finesse. The “girl on the train” is Rachel, who commutes into London and back each day, rolling past the backyard of a happy-looking couple she names Jess and Jason. Then one day Rachel sees “Jess” kissing another man. The day after that, Jess goes missing. The story is told from three character’s not-to-be-trusted perspectives: Rachel, who mourns the loss of her former life with the help of canned gin and tonics; Megan (aka Jess); and Anna, Rachel’s ex-husband’s wife, who happens to be Jess/Megan’s neighbor. Rachel’s voyeuristic yearning for the seemingly idyllic life of Jess and Jason lures her closer and closer to the investigation into Jess/Megan’s disappearance, and closer to a deeper understanding of who she really is. And who she isn’t. This is a book to be devoured. -Neal Thompson

The Girl on the Train - Paula Hawkins

Movie News
The Girl on the Train (2016) - IMDb
The Girl on the Train movie: Casting the role of Tom | EW.com
Haley Bennett in ‘Girl on the Train’: Actress Joins Emily Blunt | Variety
Emily Blunt to Star in ‘Girl on the Train’ | Variety
Rebecca Ferguson To Star In ‘The Girl On The Train’ | Deadline
Chris Evans, Jared Leto eye Girl on a Train | EW.com
'The Girl On The Train' Casting Update: Emily Blunt Film Wants Twin Babies In White Plains, NY
Justin Theroux in Talks to Board 'Girl on the Train' (Exclusive)
‘The Girl On The Train’ Sets Arrival Date Movie Release Date - October 7, 2016
Allison Janney Boards ‘Girl on the Train’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Lisa Kudrow Joins 'Girl on a Train' (Exclusive)
Luke Evans Lands Key Role in DreamWorks' 'The Girl on the Train' (Exclusive)
First Images from "Girl on the Train" Featuring Emily Blunt
‘Girl On The Train’ Adds ‘Orange Is The New Black’s Laura Prepon
Disney Drops ‘The Girl on the Train,’ ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Release Dates, but Don’t Panic
Emily Blunt Gets Tangled in a Murder Mystery in First The Girl on the Train Trailer

casting update
Rebecca Ferguson - Anna
Edgar Ramirez as Dr. Kamal Abdic.
Haley Bennett - Megan
Emily Blunt -Rachel Watson
Justin Theroux - Tom
Allison Janney - police detective
Lisa Kudrow - Monica (a former co worker of tom)
Luke Evans - Scott
Laura Prepon - Cathy (Rachel's landlord/roommate)

who else read the book? what do you think about them turning it into a movie? do you like the casting they chose? lets discuss...

Stay to the Lights · 10-03-2015, 08:25 AM

I have heard a lot about this book. Is it worth reading?

**fly me to the moon** · 10-03-2015, 03:10 PM

I'm still on the hold for this book, so hopefully that it's good since I heard some people saying that it was good book..

ShadowhunterღReader · 10-03-2015, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by These Broken Stars (View Post)

I have heard a lot about this book. Is it worth reading?

OMGGG YES!!

I LOVED LOVED LOVED this book! I couldn't put it down! I just hope the movie does the book justice!

**My Kind Of Crazy** · 10-03-2015, 06:55 PM

took me a little to get into it cuz of the back and forth POV, but then once i got into like 100 pages or so it started to get really good. great ending !!

i am a little skeptical on the casting though. cuz Rachael is suppose to be overweight, unattractive and an accoholic. and that is played by emily blunt. so unless she is planning on gaining weight or wearing a body suit i dont know how she is suppose to be that character.

and chris evans is suppose to play tom, but i personally think he would be better as scott from they way they describe that character in the book.

Stay to the Lights · 10-04-2015, 06:22 AM

Okay. I'll check it out.

**My Kind Of Crazy** · 10-04-2015, 11:22 AM

hope you like it. its an easy read.
let us know what you think after you read it

**fly me to the moon** · 10-04-2015, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by HaylijahღEndgame (View Post)

OMGGG YES!!

I LOVED LOVED LOVED this book! I couldn't put it down! I just hope the movie does the book justice!

They are making this book into movie????

ShadowhunterღReader · 10-04-2015, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by fly me to the moon (View Post)

They are making this book into movie????

Yeah... I thought everyone knew about that already sorry

Stay to the Lights · 10-05-2015, 06:02 AM

Yeah, I knew they were.

**My Kind Of Crazy** · 10-05-2015, 10:40 AM

yeah the links on the casting (for the movie) is in the OP

ShadowhunterღReader · 10-05-2015, 12:11 PM

It would be interesting to see Chris Evans in the movie

**fly me to the moon** · 10-05-2015, 04:14 PM

^ He is?!?!?

Wow, I didn't know that..

**My Kind Of Crazy** · 10-05-2015, 04:48 PM

yeah him and jared leto are going to be in it

**fly me to the moon** · 10-05-2015, 05:28 PM

Interesting.. Thanks..

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