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Book Review of The Girl on the Train: A Novel

The Girl on the Train: A Novel
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Disturbing book.
All of the women were weak and way too dependent on men, particularly one man who was a cad.
Too much of the plot turned on people doing incredibly stupid things like Scott giving Rachel his phone number and address because she wrote and said she had information on his missing wife.
There are also a lot of coincidences to make the plot work (the red headed man always turns up at just the right time and remembers everything even though he was blind drunk).
The ending is wondrously violent, but otherwise just bleak and sad.
Glad I found it in audio book at the library and didn't strain my eyes or buy it.