As part of my summertime reading binge, I joined the millions who have enjoyed Paula Hawkins's The Girl on the Train.
Hawkins certainly knows how to craft a page-turner, and it's no surprise that her story was not only a runaway bestseller, but also became a successful movie. Entertainment, this is.
But our heroine is a severely mentally ill woman, self-destructive, with an extreme alcohol abuse problem.
And things go downhill from there: other major characters include inept and uncaring local police, a corrupt mental health professional, a lecherous and abusive colleague, etc.
It's a hard thing to finish a 400 page book without finding a single sympathetic character. I wanted the worst for all of them; I simply wanted the book to be over so I could move on.
But, I couldn't put it down.
If you like your entertainment gritty and fast-paced, this is it.
But it sure ain't a very pleasant time on the roller-coaster.
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