Our latest group read was one I wasn’t looking forward to reading at all, and I must say my bookish spidey sense is spot on. The Girl on the Train just wasn’t my kind of book at all, loathsome characters and a confusing timeline. I had no sympathy for any of them and they included a few of my pet hates. There is more to being a woman than being a wife and mother. Megan is stuck at home bored out of her mind, I cannot fathom how someone cannot find anything to do with their time. If I was a kept woman, I’m pretty sure I could fill the time.

Rachel is driven to alcoholism by the fact she cannot have children and Anna seems to not care about anything other than her child. And the men! God, I can’t say much without spoilers, but this wasn’t a very pleasant reflection on society. Even the one character, Rachel’s housemate, who was “nice” had her niceness portrayed as something negative.

I did like the concept though, the repetition of the daily commute, the glimpses into someone else’s life, if only for a few seconds. I just don’t like this current trend to not only have an anti-hero but to also make everyone else unlikable.