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The Girl on the Train (2016): Film vs Book
Film · 2016 · Directed by Tate Taylor · Starring Emily Blunt, Haley Bennett, Rebecca Ferguson
About the film
A woman who rides the same train every day becomes entangled in a disappearance.
How close is it to the book?
Close to the bookThe film keeps the book's three narrators but moves the setting from England to America.
Read or watch first?
The novel's unreliable voices are even more tense on the page.
What the book gives you
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
A quick, absorbing mystery told by several voices, with puzzle pieces that click into place. It keeps you reading well past the point where you meant to stop.
Who will like it: Readers who love fast, twisty thrillers and puzzles that unfold one clue at a time.