I, along with multitudes, found The Girl on a Train an enjoyable read. We read it for book group and it was a pleasant change from some of the difficult books some members prefer.

I’d seen Into the Water by the same author mentioned on Good Reads and Amazon so I put it on hold at the library. I finished it yesterday morning, after a fortnight of slogging through a town-full of characters telling first-person stories about suicides, inappropriate love affairs, witches, abuse and misunderstandings.

I rated it 3-stars on Good Reads because I liked some parts of the book, but I think Ms. Hawkins could have told this story better without so many unreliable narrators getting in the way.

I loved this book. I think I get Ann Patchett mixed up with Jodi Picoult, an author I don’t love. Although I did read Patchett’s Run and The Patron Saint of Liars didn’t love either of them. I began reading Bel Canto and loved it, but put it down and never went back. I need to pick that up again.