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Life is not a paragraph and death is no parenthesis

January 19, 2015 by janniethestrange 3 Comments

Now this is more like it. This thriller was indeed that and more. Just because I raced through this in one feverish afternoon and early evening does not mean that I skimmed the thing. Many times I had to go back and re-read a passage, not because it was unclear or convoluted, but because the writing was so damned dazzling. Rachel is a drunk.  Her husband left her for another woman. Divorced, a friend has taken her in. She lost her job months ago when […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: debut, mystery, Paula Hawkins, The Girl On The Train

janniethestrange's CBR7 Review No:10 · Genres: Uncategorized · Tags: debut, mystery, Paula Hawkins, The Girl On The Train ·
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The first “must read” book of 2015 has arrived

December 2, 2014 by popcultureboy 3 Comments

This should have been my Cannonball. One of the joys of becoming a Cannonball Reader and starting this blog has been occasionally managing to get my hands on an advance reading copy of an upcoming novel. And this one, which is published mid January 2015, is a real treat. It’s being touted as the next Gone Girl and the first must read book of 2015. SJ Watson, who made a huge splash with his own debut novel a few years back, is quoted on the cover. And […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #CBR6, crime, debut, Fiction, Paula Hawkins, The Girl On The Train, thriller

popcultureboy's CBR6 Review No:53 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #CBR6, crime, debut, Fiction, Paula Hawkins, The Girl On The Train, thriller ·
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