The #1 New York Times Bestseller, USA Today Book of the Year, soon to be a major motion picture starring Emily Blunt. The debut psychological thriller that will forever change the way you look at other people's lives. "Nothing is more addicting ...

Wow. Where to begin? The Girl on the Train is by a mile the worst thing that NUBClub has read. Its flaws are so comprehensive that it's difficult to find one that stands out. The main character is repulsive and pathetic -- I understand she's been manipulated and that she's meant to be broken, but how much of the self-pity can you read before you just want to throw the book away? The plot involves a ludicrously convoluted gaslighting conspiracy and a villain with no sensible motivation. The action of the story plods, with bizarre twists (really, Rachel blacking out for no reason at all? really, spying on a therapy session that then HELPS you?) And for all that is holy, the writing. Dialog that comic books would reject, descriptions that lean into cliché, but most of all, it's just so blandly pitiful. The choice to make the main character a self-destructive alcoholic was the central mistake of this work. She is just so deeply unlikable that nothing else in the book could be given the benefit of the doubt. I know this is brief and lacks the detail of other discussions, but the book is just awful. Don't read it. Don't watch the film. Just pretend the book never existed. That's what's best for everyone.