Strangers on a train

I really thought I’d love this, but I had the same struggle I had with The Talented Mr. Ripley. There’s a lot of tedium and even logistical details in between the more interesting bits, so it gets bogged down despite already being short. I did finish Ripley and enjoy it in the end, but I’m finding this one harder to push through.

Narrator of the audiobook does an excellent job, though! Felt like I was listening to Cary Grant.

I was really into this, but was disappointed by the ending.

This book is weird! I mean the book can't help it, but it all feels so 'tropey' the train thing but of course this book is the original one. It was a long read, and boring here and there, I am sure I would have not been able to finish it as a paper book, but in audio it was good (read by Bronson Pinchot on Audible with some good voice work). The way the characters interact is really well-designed, you understand the needs of the both of them (being friends/loved versus being left alone) really well.