Review–The Girl On The Train by Paula Hawkins

This is the first of many wonderful books I got for Christmas this year, and it was so exciting that I read it in one day! The Girl On The Train by Paula Hawkins is a novel about a woman, Rachel, who rides the trains in London every day and sees a glimpse of the same couple each time she rides. She makes up a story and life for these people and comes to think she knows them–but then, a morbid mystery surrounds their life and Rachel has a chance to be a part of it. She knows a vital piece of information that may save someone’s life… or does she?

I like this book because I am a huge fan of the shifting perspectives narrative style.

Rethinking

How do we know what we want in life? What do we base our morals and standards and expectations off of?

In the past few months and even weeks, I have felt myself shift in my perspective of how others act towards me. We learn many of our attitudes from our parents and mentors while we are young, but we learn just as much from people around us who make mistakes and show us how not to be.

Finding Girl Friends

I never knew how important it is to have girl friends before this year.

When I was a kid, most of my friends were boys. I liked them better because I liked things like Lego Star Wars and Acceleracers model cars and most of the girls I knew didn’t like that stuff. And my two girl friends at the time were very pushy, always fighting and starting some childish drama. Even at that age I didn’t like drama.