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The Girl on the Train

The Girl on the Train

Author:
Paula Hawkins
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Ratings
Book
636
Narrator
196
Release Date
January 15, 2015
Duration
11 hours 4 minutes
Summary
Brought to you by Penguin.

Winner of the 2016 Audie Award for Audiobook of the Year.

Includes an exclusive extract from Paula Hawkins' scorching new thriller A Slow Fire Burning, read by Rosamund Pike.

Rachel catches the same commuter train every morning. She knows it will wait at the same signal each time, overlooking a row of back gardens. She's even started to feel like she knows the people who live in one of the houses. 'Jess and Jason', she calls them. Their life - as she sees it - is perfect. If only Rachel could be that happy.

And then she sees something shocking. It's only a minute until the train moves on, but it's enough.

Now everything's changed. Now Rachel has a chance to become a part of the lives she's only watched from afar.

Now they'll see; she's much more than just the girl on the train...

'Gripping, enthralling - a top-notch thriller and a compulsive read.' SJ Watson, bestselling author of BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP

©2015 Paula Hawkins (P)2015 Penguin Audio
Reviews
Profile Avatar Claire W. Feb 2019

excellent. loved this book, really enjoyable.

Profile Avatar Donna K Jan 2018

I really loved this book. I started it when I was getting a tattoo and it really distracted me from the pain. I found the narration soothing. Definitely recommend.

Profile Avatar Pam B Nov 2017

Loved this!! From start to finish the story had me! I am a terrible reader and so I am loving audio books. I can wiz through a book in no time. Brilliant story with some great twists and turns.

Profile Avatar Justine Hendry Oct 2016

Couldn't stop listening. Great book and narrators.

Profile Avatar Laurie A. Sep 2020

One of the best read and written audiobooks around

Profile Avatar Sarah P Aug 2017

Loved it, could not put this book down. Wonderfully written.

Profile Avatar Valério C May 2017

Really nice story, and excellent narration!

Profile Avatar Heather B May 2017

I have really enjoyed this book. The narration was easy to listen to.

Profile Avatar Terry C. Aug 2025

The story had a good plot but I found it quite a sad story.

Profile Avatar Ginalyn B. Apr 2025

I really enjoyed it. Loved the suspense and the twists that kept me hooked from start to finish

Profile Avatar Nuria F. May 2024

The book is great and doesn’t unfold until the very end. All narrators are great except for Ana’s. I didn Like her way of “performing”.

Profile Avatar Catherine C. May 2024

Enjoyable

Profile Avatar Anonymous Dec 2022

Brilliant. Could not wait to hear what happened next.

Profile Avatar L L. Sep 2022

I loved this book. I felt that I was in the head of the characters. Could not stop listening. I am so sad I have finished the book!

Profile Avatar Natasha K. Jul 2022

I really liked this book. it was well written and was an interesting story. I liked how each character had their stories told . And how relevant they were to each other.

Profile Avatar Patryk K Feb 2018

Interesting sorry, but narrators destroy all the fun...

Profile Avatar Lana G Nov 2017

Struggled to get into the book. But eventually the pace increased enough for me to listen till the end.

Profile Avatar Alexis E Apr 2017

This was quite a slow paced book and one of the narrators sounded like the voiceover lady from Masterchef, but it was fairly enjoyable. I wasn't that bowled over by the plot but the writing was clever and insightful.

Profile Avatar Janet T Apr 2017

I really enjoyed the mystery!

Profile Avatar jodi k Apr 2017

I found this book slow , the story line was good , but just dragged out.

Profile Avatar Nicola C Apr 2017

Loved it! I'm such a slow reader and knew I'd never read it so decided to listen to it and finished it in 2 days I was so hooked!

Profile Avatar Helen Coglan Mar 2017

I thoroughly enjoyed this mystery thriller. Sometimes I fell asleep (only because it was at the end of a long day). I would wake, flick back a chapter or two and try to work out where I was up to. I would have liked to more easily see the name of the narrator (when the topic and narrator changed). This would have enabled me to find my place a little more easily! I didn't want to sleep; I just wanted to know what was going to happen next!.

Profile Avatar Barbara Kisting Feb 2017

It was enjoyable just listening to something than reading for a change.

Profile Avatar Hayat Askar Feb 2017

What an amazing book that you could not feel the time when reading it. It makes you feel everyone is a murderer, until you are surprised about who the real murderers are. I feel like I am on the train with Rachel. I felt sorry for Megan, loved Rachel and ultimately loved Anna. Such a one-of-the kind story. First experience with audiobooks, and not the last i think.

Profile Avatar Elizabeth van Wyk Feb 2017

The narration was done well, but I found too many repetitions in the story.

Profile Avatar Vicky Bolding Jan 2017

Really enjoyed. Easy to listen to and follow. Narrated at a nice easy to listen to pace.

Profile Avatar Rachel Oliver Jan 2017

I did enjoy it and could feel the characters just not great but good.

Profile Avatar john ballesteros Jan 2017

Although I like the twist at the end, the story progressed too slow for me (I kept waiting for something to happen). Narration was alright.

Profile Avatar Carmen Ward Jan 2017

Kept me guessing. A good story and very well read.

Profile Avatar Caroline Murray Jan 2017

Fairly good story but I found it a bit slow going. Good insight into alcoholism Narrator did a good job.

Profile Avatar Anna Merenkova Jan 2017

Liked the narrating. Guessed the ending quite early but enjoyed listening to it still to the very end.

Profile Avatar Melissa Hislop Dec 2016

This book keeps you guessing.

Profile Avatar Flavia Mendes Dec 2016

Good story. Lots of drama, mystery and twists. Worth the read/ listen!

Profile Avatar Cornelia Van der Bank Dec 2016

The narrators were brilliant! And the book was well written.

Profile Avatar Catalina Gamble Dec 2016

Great read! Kept me wondering all the time, didn't want it to end. Loved it!

Profile Avatar Amy Winton Nov 2016

Loved it! Such a great story, didn't want to stop listening, leaves you guessing until the end.

Profile Avatar Phillipa Fraser Nov 2016

Excellent, exciting and thought provoking book . Narration make it clearer with more impact. Thank you audiobooks for getting it right.

Profile Avatar Amanda Heeazo Nov 2016

Awesome book! It keeps me focused as I drive 14 hours. Good twists!

Profile Avatar Grant Cooper Sims Nov 2016

the voices were what did it for me ... story was ok ... but could listen to them voices all day :-)

Profile Avatar Greshim Kesari Nov 2016

An excellent Read. The narrators make an excellent book even better.

Profile Avatar Kim Healy Nov 2016

This was a little slow to begin with. It did improve and was particularly captivating in the final third. This was my first audio book and I found the narration quite annoying.

Profile Avatar Sophie Ransom Nov 2016

Really great narration, having multiple female voices really helped the story line, otherwise it would have been a bit confusing. I don't think I'll bother seeing the movie as I don't think they'll do it justice.

Profile Avatar Jay Z Nov 2016

The narrators were brilliant! And the book was well written. This was my first audiobook and I truly enjoyed it. Good job!

Profile Avatar Samantha Dunn Ladegourdie Nov 2016

So good! Very well written. Great story line

Profile Avatar Marinda Palmer Nov 2016

Brilliant story!

Profile Avatar Jess Mitchell Nov 2016

Amazing!!!!

Profile Avatar Maia Silverthorne Oct 2016

Great book. Really enjoyed it! Narration very good also.

Profile Avatar Ian Ritchi Oct 2016

First audio book and will definitely be listening to more. Riveting narrative and a great story.

Profile Avatar Kim Fredrik T. Rognerudengen Oct 2016

Awsome!!! So thrilling. My favorite audiobook so far. Recommended this for friends. And the narrators are incredibly talented!

Profile Avatar Jane Butler Oct 2016

I really enjoyed the story. Very easy to listen to and well narrated.

Profile Avatar Terry Chirgwin Oct 2016

I could not stop listening. The narrators were brilliant!

Profile Avatar Estelle Philp Oct 2016

Excellent. Riveting. Anna's narrator didn't suit her character.

Profile Avatar Naomi Greaves Oct 2016

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and my first audio-book experience. A gripping story which was narrated beautifully.

Profile Avatar Raju George Oct 2016

Enjoyed the book. Couldn't stop listening to it. First audio book and now I'm hooked to audio books

Profile Avatar sean kelly Oct 2016

I had been looking at the book in shops for awhile and finally decided to give it a go, and was NOT disappointed. It was a worrying description of how easy it would be to play with peoples emotions and an insight into how scared people can be after a break up. Has made me start to look at drinking in a different way. Great read.

Profile Avatar Rebecca Thomas Sep 2016

Went a bit slow in the begining but by the middle of the book its full of suspense . Two out of the three narrators were good but the third was very boring, and annoying. Sounded like a robot with a British accent.

Profile Avatar Sarah Laverick Sep 2016

Loved it disappointed It has ended! Yet I raced to get to the end.

Profile Avatar Sharron Colton Sep 2016

Excellent First attempt at Audio books Gripping and unrelenting

Profile Avatar Leeanne O\'Connor Sep 2016

WOW! a great drama! Very enjoyable. I listened to half an hour each night - really intriguing.

Profile Avatar Mirjana Glavonjic Sep 2016

Really enjoyed it. It starts as a relaxing read, but turns into difficult life story.

Profile Avatar Barbara Simpson Sep 2016

This was the first audio book I have listened to and I really enjoyed it.

Profile Avatar Susan Brown Sep 2016

Book was enjoyable. Narration good, although the count duckula impression got a bit much at times! Other then that, really good.

Profile Avatar Caronwen Gourlay Aug 2016

This book was about an 8/10. Narration was really good but the story went on too long for my liking and the end was predictable from quite early on. The main character I found very likable. Good just not great.

Profile Avatar Sophie Colvine Aug 2016

Great thriller we enjoyed listening to on a long drive.

Profile Avatar Gary Bowman Aug 2016

Didn't get the hype this book has received. An OK suspense read although rather slow at times. Struggled to warm to any of the characters which made listening a bit of a drag.

Profile Avatar Kylie Lauster Aug 2016

Great book and narration was fantastic / engaging.

Profile Avatar Gideon Van Zyl Aug 2016

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I normally just listen to audiobooks on my way to and from work, but this one gripped me so that I stayed up until late night listening - 'just one more chapter!'. I thought it was very well written from the different perspectives and this was expertly captured by the different narrators. I'll definitely recommend this one!

Profile Avatar Michael Jones Aug 2016

Great suspenseful thriller, great story, great perspective, well written with excellent acting/narrating. Recommended reading this

Profile Avatar Sif Bodvarsdottir Jul 2016

Good book overall. A bit slow at times.

Profile Avatar Helena Kim Jul 2016

First book on Audible.com. Compelling plot and sympathetic characters. The narrator is excellent. Listening to it while on stationary bike and it's helping me stay on longer. Unrelated to the book: chapters can be easier to navigate or to plan listening time if each chapter had its own time tracker instead of cumulative/scaled time track.

Profile Avatar Jocelyn Baldwin Jun 2016

Very easy listening, good suspence, couldnt stop listening. This was my first book.

Profile Avatar Emma Pocock Jun 2016

Enthralling, great to listen to during the commute. My first audio book and what a choice.

Profile Avatar Harjeet Singh Jun 2016

very absorbing. a good suspense. . But. some times slow moving.

Profile Avatar Alison Casey Jun 2016

Fantastic first audiobook..gripping!!! Loved it !!!

Profile Avatar Shalese Hertzke Jun 2016

Gripping story. Great use of emotions and perceptons to create a twisting plot.

Profile Avatar Jaynie Court Jun 2016

Loved every bit of it! Easy to follow and hard to stop listening gripping stuff!

Profile Avatar Brett Rogers May 2016

Very engaging story. This was my first audiobook and I am a complete convert to the format. The narration was excellent and was the reason I got through the book so quickly.

Profile Avatar Paula Balchin May 2016

Very descriptive story & very well read. Really felt like I knew the characters & was on their emotional roller coaster throughout the story.

Profile Avatar Gemma Black May 2016

The Girl on the Train was an excellent book, the proverbial page turner. The narration was superb and I couldn't wait to continue listening at every turn. I even did more exercise just to finish listening to the book. Great job all 'round.

Profile Avatar clare palmer Mar 2016

It was great while I was walking. Very thrilling.

Profile Avatar Emma Louttit Mar 2016

Great book. Couldn't stop listening to it. Would highly recommend this.

Profile Avatar Penny Hare Feb 2016

omg what a story kept me enthralled till the end. After a slow and sad start it unfolded into a wonderfully gripping tale.

Profile Avatar Monique Bachtis Feb 2016

Very well written book great twist at the end and kept me interested the whole way through. A must read to all suspense lovers.

Profile Avatar Ed Napiorkowski Jan 2016

Chose this particular story as it was listed as one of the best audiobooks for 2015. Quite honestly I found snippets of it to be very tough to wade through and other sections brilliantly enthralling. The story is told in the first person by the main characters of the book, flipping forward and backward in time and ultimately drawing all their threads to a conclusion in the end. The majority is told from the perspective of the girl on the train and you get to know here and all her problems very well. I think the concept of the story (the girl on the train who sees something) is terrific, however I eventually found the back and forth approach between the characters telling the story a but tedious and at times rather frustrating. The characters are very different from each other and on the positive side the way their lives overlap as the story unfolds is the brilliant part. No spoilers from me but in my view the "who done it?" is not who you expect. Glad to get to the end and rate it as three stars.

The Girl on the Train

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