Interesting reading with a compelling storyline that definitely
held my attention to the end. The characters and their flaws just kept coming
but not in a way that detracted but instead pulled me into the story tighter
and tighter.
The main character seemed weak which irritated me on a
few levels until I started to understand her need to help, become involved in
or part of something and her secrets. Over a period time she created a story about a
couple she watched each day from a train window and developed an attachment to
them. One of them goes missing and her already
upside world becomes even more of a challenge. Every character had secrets that drove them
and she was someone that they all had in common.
She was also an alcoholic who experienced blackouts. As she starts to remember things from her “blackout”
periods, she sincerely wants to connect not just with people again but the
truth, however deadly.
I must admit to
feeling exhausted by the time the book came to an end but not from
disappointment. Since the books is full of liars, cheaters, beaters and a
murder it is a small wonder why Hollywood would find the appeal for possible
movie viewing. My surprise is that it
was not a TV movie until I actually finished reading the book.
