The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I listened to the audio version of this book and holy cow, did Clare Corbett, Louise Brealey, and India Fisher do a fantastic job bringing the voices of Rachel, Megan, and Anna to life. I think, had I read the story myself, with my distinctly non-British female narrator’s voice in my head, I would have had a much different experience and I might have even gotten frustrated with Rachel’s difficulties. But I didn’t, not with these ladies reading it. I could feel Rachel’s desperation as she struggled to escape the alcoholic stupor that the book hinged on, really, and the desperation of all the girls in the story, actually, as they took center stage for various parts of the book.
A million stars for the reading, for sure.