Girl on the Train

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Just an update (from this post) to say that I gave up on this book. I listened to a bit more and it was just very dreary and not going anywhere. I knew something was eventually supposed to happen, but it wasn't worth it to me.

Now that I've read some reviews and totally spoiled the story for myself by reading up on Wikipedia, I'm glad I didn't try to continue it! The main characters are all messed up women with bleak lives. It's just not my style, though obviously a lot of other people loved it. I guess they have a higher tolerance for that sort of thing.

Also, the "girl" this book speaks of is a 30-something woman. I'm not sure why the author chose to girlify her adult female characters, but some reviews mentioned that they are referred to like that in other parts of the book, too, while the men are men. Kind of interesting.