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This review was originally posted in March 3rd, 2014 on the main blog

Synopsis

Cammie Morgan has lost her father and her memory, but in the heart-pounding conclusion to the best-selling Gallagher Girls series, she finds her greatest mission yet. Cammie and her friends finally know why the terrorist organization called the Circle of Cavan has been hunting her. Now the spy girls and Zach must track down the Circle’s elite members to stop them before they implement a master plan that will change Cammie—and her country—forever.

“What is a Gallagher Girl? She’s a genius, a scientist, a heroine, a spy… a Gallagher Girl is whatever she wants to be.”

My Thoughts

Endings. There are sagas which ends are necessary, books that stretch so long that it is preferable to cut them sooner, while there are others that I never want to even imagine reach said point. Some endings are not always as expected and end up surprising you for better or for worse. But certainly, for me, the end is always bittersweet. Especially when they are my favorite series.

I began this series when the third book was just about to come out, attracted by the long but fun title of the first book I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have To Kill You. At that time, Cammie "Chameleon" Morgan was a little shy and honorable girl, who had never had a boyfriend and only knew about operative, secret CIA missions, and classified materials, and trained to speak more than five languages and three ways kill with a spaghetti. Thanks to her, we met the innocent Josh, her friends Bex, Lizz and new student Masie, as well as the staff of the Gallagher Academy.

In the first book we saw Cammie's love awakening and how affected her spy life. On the second we got a twist when boys arrived at the Gallagher Academy (Zach!). Then, the third was about how dangerous things became when she tried to protect her friend. By the fourth, we had Cammie fighting for her life and her love ones. Then, the Fifth we saw a more mature Cammie searching for answers. And finally, in the Sixth, we got all the cards on the table, the bad guys doing bad things, and Cammie, along with her friends, on her quest to stop them. This book is full of action, romance, suspense, humor, action and more action. United We Spy is the closure of the famous Gallagher Girls series, which started in London. Cammie is looking for the founders of the Circle of Cavan, she knows that one of them is the ambassador of USA at Rome, but now she's looking for the rest before Katherine finds them and eliminates them. Of course in the process, Cammie may try to saves the world as well, only if she got time space on her agenda. This time the bets and risks are higher than ever, so when Cammie and her friends understood that they're not longer save inside the Academy, they run into the real world to kick some bad boy asses. From Rome to Alaska, to New York, The Gang doesn't stop till the able to unmask the enemy and save innocent lives.

THINGS TO EXPECT AFTER A SECURITY BREACH AT MAYBE THE MOST SECURE PRISON ON THE PLANET (ALSO, AFTER CLIMBING DOWN A MOUNTAIN):
(A list by Cameron Morgan)

Hot chocolate. Seriously. The guards who find you are going to insist that you keep moving and change into warmer clothes, but the real medicine is hot chocolate. The hotter and the chocolatier the better.

Turns out, if you escape from a high-level detention facility, really big, really macho guys stop looking at you like you’re cute and start looking at you like you’re awesome.

After doing a climb like that with no gear and no help, nobody seems to think they need to drug you to get you OFF the mountain.

The trip home takes A LOT longer when you’re fully conscious.

Long trips are an excellent time to think.

You may totally not like what you’re left to think about.

Ally gave us some twists that very much painted a shocking expression on my faces. The ending was left open, but I think that was because this series is so beloved that it could become complicated to finish it; yet. I'm glad that it was this way because I think that it was a gift from the author so we can create our own happily ever after.

Lastly, I loved Lizz's speech; that was the moment I released it was really over. Sad and happy on equal measure. This was a wonderful final episode for these girls. Even when I didn't want to ever read the last book of one of my favorite series, I think it was perfect. I fully recommend this series to all YA spies lovers. I'm now off to reread the whole series for 4564565775 time!

PROS AND CONS OF THE WEEK THAT FOLLOWED:
PRO: Nothing helps take your mind off of stumbling into (and almost messing up) a live CIA operation like makeup work.
CON: We had to do a lot of makeup work.
PRO: We no longer had to wonder whether or not Zach’s mom was going to come after Preston at the embassy.
CON: We had no idea where Preston was.
PRO: Zach was back.
CON: I couldn’t shake the feeling that it was just a matter of time until we all had to go away again.

About the Author

Ally Carter writes books about spies, thieves, and teenagers. She is the New York Times Best-selling author of the Gallagher Girls and Heist Society series. Her books have been published all over the world, in over twenty languages.

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This review was originally posted in April 22nd, 2014 on the main blog as part of the promotional event of the book. As such, I recieved this book for free in excange for a honest review. All opinions are my own.

Once I made it to the trailer, I heard an argument going on inside.
"Look, I don't care who you are. The plans are publically filed. Go get them yourself!" yelled someone.
Then I heard a voice I knew. Calm, cool, subversive. "Is there any reason you're being so difficult? A man did die on your watch."
An encounter I hadn’t planned on. Well, at least not until later tonight. I knocked loudly on the door and with my sweetest voice said, "Hello, boys. Am I interrupting something?"

"Okay, master detective, I'll leave you to your leads. See ya."

About the Author

H.K. Sterling is an author with Breathless Press known for stories with imagination, intelligence, a kick, and twist endings. H.K. likes to focus her writing on suspense, science-fiction, shorts, and anything that is spicy and unexpected. Sometimes her books may even go dark. H.K. lives in Virginia with her husband who graciously puts up with her passion for writing. H.K. currently has a Mystery/Thriller out: A Taste for Killing; and two short stories in the Breathless Press Anthology, My Bloody Valentine. Her new book, A Taste for Danger has just been accepted for publication and Breathless Press also just published H.K.'s short-short titled Eyes Only. H.K.'s books are suitable for 18+.

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This review was originally posted in November 15th, 2014 on the main blog

Synopsis

Which is more dangerous: being an international spy... or surviving high school?

Maggie Silver has never minded her unusual life. Cracking safes for the world's premier spy organization and traveling the world with her insanely cool parents definitely beat high school and the accompanying cliques, bad lunches, and frustratingly simple locker combinations. (If it's three digits, why bother locking it at all?)

But when Maggie and her parents are sent to New York City for her first solo assignment, her world is transformed. Suddenly, she's attending a private school with hundreds of "mean girl" wannabes, trying to avoid the temptation to hack the school's elementary security system, and working to befriend the aggravatingly cute son of a potential national security threat... all while trying not to blow her cover.

From the hilarious and poignant author of Audrey, Wait! comes a fast-paced caper that proves that even the world's greatest spies don't have a mission plan for love.

“It was time for the mirror pep talk.
“Okay, Maggie,” I said to myself after my shower, wiping the steam off the medicine cabinet.
“You could eat these kids for breakfast. You won’t, though, because that would be cannibalistic and wrong.”

My Thoughts

I wanted to read this book a long time ago. I find it thanks to my HUGE obsession with Gallagher Girls by Ally Carter. After finished Unite We Spy (review), I decided that I wanted a new series about spies, some YA with danger and humor. It was difficult because find something like Gallagher Girls isn't easy but Also Known As was a great discovery and I truly enjoy the two books of this series. Though, I'm only going to review the first of them.

As I was saying above, I really like this book. I think that what I enjoy the most was Maggie. She was so much fun to read. She doesn't know anything about being a teenage girl, she has been all her life into the spy life and away from typical things as a Prom. So when her new mission lands her in a private school in New York she's completely worried and scared of what she could face.

I enjoy reading about this girl, she is so funny. Always trying to see the good things of the things around her but at the same time she's not perfect and gives the reader a soft, sweet side of her personality. She's a perfect dimensional character, full of differents aspect which makes her real.

She's not the only fun girl in town. Roux was spectacular in this book. I never have found most perfect second characters that stand out so much like her. I could perfectly say that I even like her more than Maggie, which it's so rare for me 'cause I like protagonist more. But, I laugh out loud with her everytime.

You know, what I like the most the characters is the fact that they have so much to show. Roux has a lot of problems with her parents, people at school and even so she was bright and shining, try to make everything good around her, as struggling with her issue. Also Maggie; who need to face high school and something unknown for her, that maybe could sound silly for the rest of us who face it everyday but for some who never had have those problems the world could be overwhelming.

And not just these two girls, Jason has his own demons and problems, as Maggie's parents and Angelo (I LOVE Angelo - I know he's old and well... I can't say... but he's soo good!) As well, the story is very original and easy to relate to. You spend an amazing time with spies but also get into Manhattan kids society. A lot of humor and fun.

However, the only downfall of the book is the fact that the spy's story is swept aside till the end. Almost all the book is about Maggie relationship we Jason, though, I like it, I felt that the main plot about espionage lost it protagonist in the book.

Overall, I enjoy this book sooooo much and I highly recommend it to all who like YA books with spies. Though the book doesn't show the spy theme very much, it very entertaining and so much fun.

“Ah, yes. Fine. A lovely sounding word that means absolutely nothing.”

About the Author

I'm the author of "Audrey, Wait!", "The Extraordinary Secrets of April, May and June", and the AKA series. My new book "Emmy and Oliver" will be released on June 23, 2015. I live in Los Angeles with my extremely stubborn shih tzu, Hudson. I've gotten a lot better at cooking. I still love coffee. We should be friends.

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This review was originally posted in February 25yh, 2016 on the main blog

Synopsis

A new series of global proportions -- from master of intrigue, NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Ally Carter. 

This exciting new series from NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Ally Carter focuses on Grace, who can best be described as a daredevil, an Army brat, and a rebel. She is also the only granddaughter of perhaps the most powerful ambassador in the world, and Grace has spent every summer of her childhood running across the roofs of Embassy Row.

Now, at age sixteen, she's come back to stay--in order to solve the mystery of her mother's death. In the process, she uncovers an international conspiracy of unsettling proportions, and must choose her friends and watch her foes carefully if she and the world are to be saved.

Poor Noah. All he wanted to do today was go see his dad, and look at what I’ve done. I’ve tried to turn him into an international hacker and all-around spy.
Man, I find myself thinking, I wish I knew a spy.

My Thoughts 

I have been a fan of Ally Carter for so long already. Her stories are intriguing, her characters well portrayed and the fun is never missing. Both, Gallagher Girls and Heist Society are a must-read for any YA lover. At the end of Gallagher Girls series, United We Spy, and without any sight of a new Heist Society novel, you can guess I was very much freaking out, so after the announcement of a new series by Ally Carter I couldn’t be more excited for it.

The idea of All Fall Down is quite solid; we got, Grace, the granddaughter of an important Ambassador of a fictional country called Adria, that three years after witnessed the death of her mother she returns to her mother natal land to stay. Though, when everybody thinks that her mom died in a horrible accident, Grace is sure that she was murdered. Secrets start to reveal while she immerses in the Adrian politicians and the life of those who live in the Embassy Row.

Grace is absolutely different from ANY other character by Ally I read so far. She is more vulnerable than Kat (Heist Society) and Cammie (Galllagher Girls), and is even crazier when planning is referring. She has no skill whatsoever than been the right place at the right time. But what makes her at other level is the fact that she is mentally disturbed, which we can see from the first chapter while she can’t over her mother died. Which I totally understand, of course, because I would never accept the death of my mom if I believe she was murdered, yet, she takes it too close to comfort and get affected by it.

“Ok," he says. "First lesson."
Noah broadens his stance, taking his place firmly on the embassy side of the threshold. "in the United States," he says. Then, with both feet, he leaps on to the sidewalk. "Out of the United States." Quickly, he jumps back toward me. "In the United States." Another jump across the threshold. "Out of the United States. In. Out. In --"
"Is this the part where I hit you?”

Ally also couldn’t dispread of her previous works as she incorporates people that have very specific skills like following targets or hack very secretive and protected govern red. You can perfectly see a new gang to take over the world. On another hand, this book was really low at this first half of it; I wasn’t all committed to it and I was quite lost at some points for which I needed to back few pages and read again. However, the second half was a pretty rocking of emotions and action that worth the entire book.

I’m very excited to read the next book because that ending wasn’t fair at all. Though we get plenty of answer to all the things happening I didn’t expect to finish it, but on second thoughts, I can understand it because it leads to the next book. Anyway, I just hope that Grace faces her demons in the next installment and her personality develop even more (into love someone ;D).

Overall, I like this much very much. It’ a perfect intriguing piece for lovers of YA mystery, however, I think that when apparently it’s worth to compare to the previous works of Ally Carter, I need to wait till the next book come out to give my verdict about it. But, I can recommend to all who likes a great mystery to solve and put the entire puzzle together.

About the Author

Ally Carter writes books about spies, thieves, and teenagers. She is the New York Times Best-selling author of the Gallagher Girls and Heist Society series. Her books have been published all over the world, in over twenty languages.

ALL FALL DOWN is the first book in her highly-anticipated new series, Embassy Row. She grew up on a farm in Oklahoma, and has never caused an international incident (to her knowledge).

Cold Hearted

Cold Justice #6

Toni Anderson

Rating:♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ 

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This review was originally posted in June 2nd, 2016 on the main blog as part of the book promotional event. As such, I recieved this book for free in exchange for a honest review. All opinions are my own.

Synopsis

Hunting For A Killer...Who Doesn't Play By The Rules.

Detective Erin Donovan expects life to quiet down after the arrest and conviction of a serial rapist who terrified her university town last summer. Then two young women are brutally slain and the murders bear all the hallmarks of the campus rapist. Did Erin arrest an innocent man? Now her job is at stake and tensions are high and just when it looks like things can't get worse, her department gets the help it needs to solve the double homicide--in the form of a man Erin has never been able to forget. 

FBI Agent Darsh Singh has no interest in reliving the past. Three years ago, his feelings for Erin Donovan had him breaking all his rules about getting involved. Now his only interest in the former NYPD detective is figuring out if she screwed up a rape investigation and helped send an innocent man to prison. But being forced to work together rekindles their old attraction, and as Darsh and Erin fall for each other, the campus predator fixates on Erin. The race is on to identify the ruthless killer before he makes Erin his final victim.

“The secret might have destroyed her, but so had the truth.”

My Thoughts

hen I read the synopsis I really felt that it would be another romantic novel featuring a crime but I never prepare myself for the ride this book gave me and the amazing crime fiction that developed here. I’m fan of the mystery and not very much of the crime itself, I really loathe all those stuff about death, murder and blood, but after read this book, I’m so compelling to try more this genre.

So, Cold Hearted tells the story of detective Erin Donovan and FBI agent Darsh Singh as they pair together to find a new killer in a small town in North New York, but the thing is that those murders may be connected to a former “killer” whom was convicted the year before. Since the method seems to be the same, Erin find herself with the problem of had imprisoned a innocent man and the possibility to lost her job, which is why Darsh is send to find out if it’s a copycat, a way to prove the innocent of the former star quarterback, a accomplice who missed justice or something completely different. Everything got complicate when Erin and Darsh see each other as they have a passionate past and unresolved feelings.

What I like the most about this book is the fact that the romance itself, even when it kind of important for the interaction of the two characters, doesn’t take protagonist to the crime plot, It’s amazing how all the puzzle fit together to create something you’ll never expect. I felt myself dying to know how everything will resolve and turning the page like a hunger dog, I haven’t feeling like that in a long time and I love it. Also, it wasn’t that obvious, for example I felt that certain person was mysteriously present through all the story to make you wonder if it could be really the killer, and when I find it suspicious, I say myself that if that person was the killer I wouldn’t like the book at all, because I felt that it was there for the beginning and I wouldn’t like that, but after the last twist in the end, it really change my perception of the whole book. 

I can prize enough this author for gives me this wonderful journey to a small town and its tragedy. It was all very well presented and full of twist, clues and mystery. Everyone was a suspect, so I was suspicious of everyone, even the actual killer when we met him at first, but I didn’t know for certain about his culpability until the last couple of chapters. Other important thing about this book is how the rape was presented, I know that for plenty of people feel this a sensitive subject, but I’m glad how the author was very responsible about it and give it the meaning that it deserves. 

“He’d stolen her heart, and she’d broken his. How the hell could anything be worth the pain that was bound to follow?”

We see how one of the victims interact with others after the tragic she passed through, but also how she fight against all the horrible things people throw at her. When someone say that he or she was raped, I believe we have to help them, because I just can imagine how horrible that could be and NOBODY deserve such thing.  But sadly, not everyone report it, because also they felt that it was their fault, which is NOT true; the people who do that are crazy, and it doesn’t matter if women or men (men also suffered for this) dress, walk or do something as some way to “taunt them”, that doesn’t give them the right to degrade the body of someone, that’s wrong, and that horrible people are the responsible for the own acts, and can’t attribute the fault on anyone but themselves. 

I hate when people defense such hideous persons, that’s not right at all, it make me sick and so angry. But I would stop here because I will get so angry that the rest of the review will be about how shameful rappers are. What I’m keep saying is that this book really takes a good approach to the matter and make us think about it, even giving us stats and a strong inside to a victim. But also this is a book of redemption to any victim of such thing, because we can see how Rachel never stops fighting to get the life she deserve and even help others who experienced what she had to lived.  

However, there are two things I really don’t like about this book. One, it’s the fact that Erin has to experience two deadly experiences to release she wants to be with Darsh. I mean, I thought that after the first one, when she said she would give them an opportunity, she would stick to that, but no. I don’t know but that didn’t make me feel good at all, and after that I didn’t like her that much. Second, the instat love; well, I know that they met before but it wasn’t that significant and they just spend like a week together and then, they use the L word. I mean, she could give them a try but that doesn’t mean that is love, it’s just the starting of a relationship. It would have been perfect leave it in that, that they just meet and are going to start a relationship, that would even makes me forget about the indecision of Erin, but it isn’t the case. 

Overall, I felt really good about this book in the crime department, I think that really surprise my expectations of it. It presents a perfect setting with lot of twist and a great mystery to be solved. But sadly, the romantic department wasn’t that great and it actually underrate the wonderful plot. Sometimes, authors want to give a happy ending but just develop too much and that can ruin a perfect book (I don’t know why they haven’t learned it already when reviewers say it all the time: No instalove, please!), keep it real is more important and I’m sure readers would appreciate. The characters are still going to get their happy ending. 

“Sometimes people didn’t fight at all. They shut down and waited for it to be over. It was probably the strongest survival instinct when faced with someone stronger, and more violent.”

About The Author

New York Times and USA Today international bestselling author, Toni Anderson, writes dark, gritty Romantic Suspense novels that have hit #1 in Barnes & Noble's Nook store, the Top 10 in Amazon and Kobo stores, and the Top 50 in iBooks. Her novels have won many awards. A former Marine Biologist from Britain, she inexplicably ended up in the geographical center of North America, about as far from the ocean as it is possible to get. She now lives in the Canadian prairies with her Irish husband and two children and spends most of her time complaining about the weather. 

Toni has no explanation for her oft-times dark imagination, and only hopes the romance makes up for it. She's addicted to reading, dogs, tea, and chocolate. 

 See How They Run

Embassy Row #2

Ally Carter

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Synopsis

Inside every secret, there's a world of trouble. Get ready for the second book in this new series of global proportions--from master of intrigue, New York Times bestselling author Ally Carter.

Grace's past has come back to hunt her . . . and if she doesn't stop it, Grace isn't the only one who will get hurt. Because on Embassy Row, the countries of the world stand like dominoes, and one wrong move can make them all fall down.

The twists get twistier and the turns get even more shocking in the second thrilling installment of Embassy Row.

“Some people, after all, don’t care who they yell at as long as they have a reason to keep shouting.”

My Thoughts

I forget how much I love Ally Carter’s books; she’s awesome to catch the best angles of a teenage thriller. She knows how to engage us to read about spies, thief and now, about a secret society surrounding the diplomatic country of Adria. This new series started (at least for me) little low, ‘cause when I didn’t dislike All Fall Down (book 1), it also didn’t blow me away, but I’m happy to say that See How They Run is an absolute improvement from the last.

In See How They Run, Grace has to face a new challenge while trying to uncover the truth behind the intent of murder of her mother three years ago. She still fights against the guilt of what she did but now her brother Jamie arrives in Adria making it more difficult for her to move on because he’s a reminder of the horrible mistake she made. She also faces her new granted position inside the secret Society as a matter of birthright, while trying to protect Alexei against all the deceits and lies within Embassy Row. Everything to make a girl go crazy.

In the last book, I wasn’t totally fond to Grace and I was truly bothered by how she was portrayed as a crazy girl, but thanks to this one, I now feel more for her and I can finally understand her point of view. She was able to let go part of her demons and commit to something much important of how to protect those she loves; for me, it was really great to see her taking responsibilities and carry them into something much more in a good way. She now embraces her craziness but tries that that doesn’t interference with her purpose of justice.

“Every girl thinks about growing up in a palace. Few ever ponder living in a cage.”

The dynamic between Alexei and Jamie was interesting to see since they have been friends for a long time but inserting Grace as a young woman might shake that relationship. Also, I’m very happy how Ally handle the romance because this book is more about the situations around Embassy Row that the life of our characters; so the fact the somehow Grace is “clueless” about a guy’s feeling for her makes it more appealing and relating to young readers because they do not always know if a guy likes them in some cases since a) not everything is about love and b) there are more precious things like, for example, save the world.

The mystery is what move this book all along, there’s not much action in it but the thriller part is very present through the whole novel that kept me very engage to it; I was yearning to know who was behind of it all and the rhythm of the read, that wasn’t too slow or too fast, making it more interesting, but here’s where the tricky part begins. I love the mystery part but it also could become annoying, I mean, in Gallagher Girls we knew the mystery very early and the rest of the series worked around it, in Heist Society each book is a new challenge, but in here, we already have two books and we only know pieces of it. Of course, those were really shocking discoveries but I still believe that Ally need to manage the unfolding of the story very carefully and trying to no discourage us with not knowing book after book after book.

Overall, this is my favorite book of this series so far, and makes me believe in Ally once more after the blow down with AFD. Everything was perfect from the characters to the developing of the plot, and I really enjoy adding new people and new dynamics to those we already know. I can’t wait for the upcoming Take the Key and Lock Her Up, which release on December.

On a side note: This book is perfect to make prediction about who the murderer is (or are), so I think that those who are behind all of it are actually the Royal Family of Adria, and I especially suspicious of the Princess Ana. I won’t say more but when we finally get to know it all, the first thing I’ll share would be why I believe this, just to make sure if I’m right or not.

“But guilt isn't smart. It isn't logical. It doesn't only live in the places it belongs.”

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Ally Carter writes books about spies, thieves, and teenagers. She is the New York Times Best-selling author of the Gallagher Girls and Heist Society series. Her books have been published all over the world, in over twenty languages.

The Girl on The Train

Paula Hawkins

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This review was originally posted in October 24th, 2018 on the main blog.

Synopsis

The debut psychological thriller that will forever change the way you look at other people's lives.

EVERY DAY THE SAME

Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning and night. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. She’s even started to feel like she knows them. Jess and Jason, she calls them. Their life—as she sees it—is perfect. Not unlike the life she recently lost.

UNTIL TODAY

And then she sees something shocking. It’s only a minute until the train moves on, but it’s enough. Now everything’s changed. Unable to keep it to herself, Rachel goes to the police. But is she really as unreliable as they say? Soon she is deeply entangled not only in the investigation but in the lives of everyone involved. Has she done more harm than good? (Goodreads)

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

My Thoughts

People always say good things about this book and how awesome it is; I certainly was so anxious to pick it up before watching the movie, and even so, when I found out a Venezuelan actor was part of the project. Now, that I finally read it, I know all the fuss about it, but It still left me with unresolved issues and mixed feelings.

The Good

The story per se is quite awesome. I really enjoy the whole thing, the unfolding and the way that all the puzzles were put together to create this complex mix of deceiveness. I like that every character was suspicious, even Rachel, she became the first character we actually are suspicious about and after her, the rest on the gang. Other thing that I like very much is the way the chapters are presented, like a sort of diary entries where we find out what each character’s POV has to give to the story. 

The So-So

The story was too large for me and sometimes I think that there were unnecessary scenes that don’t have a true weight into the unfolding of the book. That made it a little boring at some points where I needed to push myself to keep going. However, the fact that I also need to know who the killer was won over how boring some parts might get. 

There’s also another thing that gave me mixed feelings, and that’s the fact that I truly hate all the characters; that’s something really interesting because I don’t necessary believe it’s a bad thing because I’m sure that what this book is all about is how unstable the human mind, body and soul can be and how we are our own enemies. But at the same time, is quite shocking to me that I don’t have at least one slightly fondness for one character. They’re all so bad in so many ways.

The Bad

I hate Rachel, like I just said, each character is horrible in their own way, but for me, Rachel is the worst. The fact that she’s the main characters makes it so annoying, because it’s like we want to like her but just as the book progress she become more a more irritating with each chapter. I can’t say more because I’ll probably give something away, but I truly, deeply hater her.

But what I don’t like the most about this book is how women were portrayed. I guess this all gets back to the “unstable human” part, so it’s not surprising that the women in this novel were portrayer like failures, disastrous and fragile chicks with a weakness for a man. Not really a good example for girls out there.

Overall, I have to admit that using a train as an excuse for a plot is very creative, and make it a thriller is even better. I truly enjoy the ride on this novel, but I still have mixed feeling mostly thanks to the characters, though I also understand how their personalities need to be that way. By other hand, I definitely need to watch the movie because I’m so curious about how the actors will bring alive the worst of the humans just like this book did.

“The holes in your life are permanent. You have to grow around them, like tree roots around concrete; you mould yourself through the gaps.”

About the Author

Paula-Hawkins-(c)-Kate-NeilPaula Hawkins worked as a journalist for fifteen years before turning her hand to fiction.

Born and brought up in Zimbabwe, Paula moved to London in 1989 and has lived there ever since. The Girl on the Train is her first thriller.