I want to preface this by saying that I don’t usually read these types of popular fiction books – the kinds that you typically find at the front of a Chapters or an Indigo “Heather’s Pick” – but after reading such heavy stuff during the past month, I just wanted a lighter fare. I briefly read the synopsis on Amazon and decided that this fit what I needed. The Girl on the Train is a mystery story that is told from the perspective of a few different characters. Firstly, there is Rachel, who is the titular girl on the train, an alcoholic young woman, who rides a train into London everyday for work. During her daily trips to and fro, she begins to recognize some of the characters who live along the railway. Not knowing them in person, she begins to develop characters and back stories for them – in particular, a couple whom she names Jason and Jess. She sees increasingly odd behaviour between the two, and one day, notices that Jess disappears. We ...