If you are still looking for a book for this vacation, you may want to consider the one on everyone's lips lately. Is about The girl on the train, Paula hawkings. The girl on the train captures the essence of psychological thriller through a fast-paced story that hooks the reader from the first page.
The girl on the train It has already sold more than seven million copies worldwide and stayed in the New York Times book rankings for 20 weeks since its release in English in January this year. Stephen King himself has praised this novel, which has been published in Spanish by Planet and it has been in bookstores since the beginning of June. Dreamworks He has already bought the rights to shoot the film.
According to the author herself, The girl on the train It has its origin in the daily trips to central London. During some parts of the journey, he was actually passing close to some people's homes. It was there that she found herself peeking inside houses to imagine what their lives were like and began to think about what her reaction would be if she witnessed something shocking.
Synopsis of "The Girl on the Train"
A 30-year-old girl in an existential crisis witnesses a mysterious disappearance on one of her train journeys. The protagonist will have the key to solve a mysterious case but will have to resort to alternative ways to do so.
The protagonist of The girl on the train is Rachel, a divorced alcoholic woman, who from the London train watches a seemingly happy couple in whose life she will become involved. The narration takes various points of view, trying to confuse the reader and playing with his perception.
Rachel always takes the 8.04:XNUMX am train. Every morning the same: the same landscape, the same houses ... and the same stop at the red signal. They are only a few seconds, but they allow you to observe a couple having breakfast quietly on their terrace. He feels like he knows them and makes up names for them: Jess and Jason. His life is perfect, not like hers. But one day he sees something. It happens very quickly, but it is enough. What if Jess and Jason aren't as happy as she thinks they are? What if nothing is what it seems?
You can read the first chapter of The girl on the train here