The Girl On the Train

Ernestine 2022-03-25 09:01:06

The novel has barely read 50% since October last year. It's not that the writing is bad, the works that top the major charts in 2015 are not far behind. It's just because I lost interest after reading the ending of this suspense mystery novel, but I don't want to give up the book because of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Well, I won't say it's because of the names Rachel, Megan, and Anna. will inexplicably persist.

The movie is basically in the same direction as the novel, and many details have been changed during the period. As for whether Rachel drinks gin with can or vodka with water bottle, I don't really care. The most tangled thing is that London has become New York and everyone has come and gone from start to finish. It's a good gentleman's British style! >
terms of progress, there is a common problem with most movies, the plot is not very coherent, and the audience needs to make up for it. The character creation is not full enough, and some behaviors are a bit baffling. The first 50% of the novel is mostly foreshadowing and background description. The movie compresses this 50% to less than 20% of the length and the description part is also concentrated in the second half and is often omitted. The three-person diary form with a chaotic time line was retained in the first half. The result is that the first half is inexplicable and unintelligible, and the second half of the audience may not be able to digest the huge amount of information. I dare say that for most people who don't know the story, it's really not easy to keep reading the first half of the story. Anyway, when Mrs. Bi saw half of it, the faces of the three women could not be distinguished. Oh yes, this film is very good-looking, except for the second male who doesn't quite fit the image of the novel and the female police officer who combines the two in the novel and only retains the annoying attributes, everyone else is very beautiful!

The IMDB score is 6.5, which is estimated to be the case. If it is not supported by fans of the original book, it is estimated that even this score will not be reached.

Phew, after six months, I can finally open a new book! If you don’t read it and don’t open a new one, it’s also a disease. You have to change it!

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Extended Reading
  • Liliane 2022-04-23 07:01:39

    What the hell, blind emily

  • Deja 2021-11-22 18:54:16

    The heroine's sterilization was abandoned, and the junior guilt was rampant. The original wine sobers up the scum man, and the mistress wakes up to make up for it.

The Girl on the Train quotes

  • [first lines]

    Rachel: [narrating] My husband used to tell me I have an overactive imagination. I can't help it. I mean, haven't you ever been on a train and wondered about the lives of the people who live near the tracks? The lives you've never lived. These are things I want to know. Twice a day, I sit in the third car from the front where I have the perfect view into my favorite house: Number 15, Beckette Road.

    [Rachel sees a woman on her back porch in the morning]

    Rachel: I don't know when exactly, I suppose I started noticing her about a year ago, and gradually as the months went past, she became important to me. I'm not the girl I used to be. I think people can see it on my face.

    [Rachel sees the same woman at night with her husband]

    Rachel: She's what I lost. She's everything I want to be.

    Rachel: [now sitting in the train station, drawing] I imagine she's a painter. She's creative. He's a doctor or an architect. He has a good laugh. She can't cook. I wonder what they say to each other before they go to sleep.

    Rachel: [now on the evening train again] Today her name is Jess. Tomorrow it could be Lisa or Amber - it all depends on the day. It depends on my mood. The truth is, I don't know her name.

  • Megan: A teacher once told me I was a mistress of self-reinvention. I wasn't really sure what it meant at the time. But since moving here, I've come to understand it. Ardsley-on-Hudson is boring and routine. It's a fucking baby factory. I wanna start my life over again. So far, I've been a rebellious teenager, lover, waitress, gallery director, nanny, and a whore. Ands not necessarily in that order. I can't just be a wife anymore. That's why I stay awake at night, staring at the ceiling. In fact, the only time I feel like myself is when I'm running.

    Dr. Kamal Abdic: You always felt that way?

    Megan: Maybe since I was about 17. With Mac.

    Dr. Kamal Abdic: Hmm. Mac? Who's Mac?

    Megan: My brothers best friend. My brother who died.