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adenise47's review
5.0
I thoroughly enjoyed this book! I could not put it down once I got started! I would definitely recommend this book! I was surprised at some of the twists and some I figured out!
lianareadsblog's review
4.0
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Being a new mother is difficult at all. Sleepless nights and post part I’m depression are real and very challenging topics.
While Bridget was on her way to work in her daily train run, dizzy from her exhausting routine, she witnessed a young girl abduction. After reporting it to the police, nobody believes her and everyone puts it on her mental health state and that maybe she just dreamed about it. But, as a mother herself, she can’t leave it like that. So she went on the hunt on her own, with little thought of the dangerous situations she can get herself in.
My heart broke for her so much because I can totally relate to the overwhelming feelings of being a mother and everything else she has to go through. Much more than even in our times, mental health and post pregnancy depression remains a hard topic for discussion.
The story is told at a fast pace that made me want to turn the pages faster and faster with each chapter. Lots of unexpected twists and interesting characters, especially her mother.
I love when I find new authors that surprise me in the best way.
Check it out and hopefully you’ll enjoy this book as much as I did.
4.5 stars
Arc review
Being a new mother is difficult at all. Sleepless nights and post part I’m depression are real and very challenging topics.
While Bridget was on her way to work in her daily train run, dizzy from her exhausting routine, she witnessed a young girl abduction. After reporting it to the police, nobody believes her and everyone puts it on her mental health state and that maybe she just dreamed about it. But, as a mother herself, she can’t leave it like that. So she went on the hunt on her own, with little thought of the dangerous situations she can get herself in.
My heart broke for her so much because I can totally relate to the overwhelming feelings of being a mother and everything else she has to go through. Much more than even in our times, mental health and post pregnancy depression remains a hard topic for discussion.
The story is told at a fast pace that made me want to turn the pages faster and faster with each chapter. Lots of unexpected twists and interesting characters, especially her mother.
I love when I find new authors that surprise me in the best way.
Check it out and hopefully you’ll enjoy this book as much as I did.
4.5 stars
Arc review
mandylovestoread's review
4.0
Talk about an ending you don’t see coming! Wow, this book was pretty dark, a lot more than I had expected. The audio was fantastic, always helps to have a great narrator. For the first part of this book I was pretty frustrated with the main characters but as the story progressed and the twists kept coming I couldn’t stop reading. You might think that you know what is going on here... but believe me, it is far worse than you think.
Bridget is a tired and stressed out first time mum. She has gone back to work while her husband stays home with their 8 month old daughter Grace. She is in medication for depression and anxiety and feels like she is letting her daughter down constantly. One night in the train coming home, she witnesses a girl being snatched from a platform. But nobody else on the train saw it and the police and her family don’t believe her. But she is certain of what she saw and is determined to find out.. to the point of obsession. But when she finds out the truth will she regret looking?
Thanks to Avon Books UK for my advanced audiobook to listen to.
Bridget is a tired and stressed out first time mum. She has gone back to work while her husband stays home with their 8 month old daughter Grace. She is in medication for depression and anxiety and feels like she is letting her daughter down constantly. One night in the train coming home, she witnesses a girl being snatched from a platform. But nobody else on the train saw it and the police and her family don’t believe her. But she is certain of what she saw and is determined to find out.. to the point of obsession. But when she finds out the truth will she regret looking?
Thanks to Avon Books UK for my advanced audiobook to listen to.
melaniesreads's review
4.0
I thought I knew from the synopsis the route this book would take, I was very wrong. This book is a train that has left the tracks and is now taking you on a very different journey.
Anyone who has had a baby knows how demanding they can be. Sleep is rare, exhaustion becomes commonplace add to that post natal depression and returning to work and you have a catalyst for poor Bridget who becomes obsessed with trying to find out if what she saw was real.
The author has tackled a very difficult subject that many women face. Having very high expectations placed upon them and striving for perfection is like looking for gold at the end of a rainbow. An impossible task as perfection doesn’t exist.
I was unsure myself whether Bridget was to be believed and yet I hoped what she saw was real and that someone would just believe her. My maternal instinct raging at how she was being perceived all because of a diagnosis, even though she had chosen to get the help she knew she needed.
This is packed with characters who are not what they seem, look closely behind the facades and like Bridget you may just find the truth in an unexpected place.
Anyone who has had a baby knows how demanding they can be. Sleep is rare, exhaustion becomes commonplace add to that post natal depression and returning to work and you have a catalyst for poor Bridget who becomes obsessed with trying to find out if what she saw was real.
The author has tackled a very difficult subject that many women face. Having very high expectations placed upon them and striving for perfection is like looking for gold at the end of a rainbow. An impossible task as perfection doesn’t exist.
I was unsure myself whether Bridget was to be believed and yet I hoped what she saw was real and that someone would just believe her. My maternal instinct raging at how she was being perceived all because of a diagnosis, even though she had chosen to get the help she knew she needed.
This is packed with characters who are not what they seem, look closely behind the facades and like Bridget you may just find the truth in an unexpected place.
thebooktrail88's review
Discover the locations in the novel The Girl on the Platform
Much of the background to this is vague but the woman on the train is on her way home from Euston Station and heading out past Harlesden and Kenton. The police seem to think it was around Kenton when she saw the girl and reported the incident.
The fact that a girl might have been taken from a platform is shocking as these are stations on a line out of London. They are often badly lit and remote at night so they are creepy as well. Imagine the fear of being ona train and seeing something from a window. Something that no one else sees.
Moving trains, spaces you can’t escape are particularly good settings for thrillers.
hwebb88's review
3.0
What would you do if you saw a girl being kidnapped whilst you are on a train? This is the very question Bridget has to ask herself on her long commute home, back to her husband Tom and her baby Grace.
What happens next is the story of a woman who starts spiralling, Bridget is suffering with post natal depression and no one believes what she saw. Can she find the kidnappers herself before her husband finds out what she is doing?
The last 30% of this book was unputdownable however I guessed very early one what was going to happen so nothing was a massive surprise. I am not sure if the author wanted the readers to easily guess the ending or if it’s supposed to be a big twist, but to me it was pretty obvious.
A lot of the characters in the book are pretty awful, Bridget doesn’t have many people around her to support her, her husband is an arse for a lot of it and don’t get me started in her mother!
This is a book trying to get in with the ‘spiralling woman seeing things’ genre and it works however I do believe there are books that have succeeded more with a better twist hence the 3 stars.
Thank you Netgalley for a copy of the book in return for an honest review.
What happens next is the story of a woman who starts spiralling, Bridget is suffering with post natal depression and no one believes what she saw. Can she find the kidnappers herself before her husband finds out what she is doing?
The last 30% of this book was unputdownable however I guessed very early one what was going to happen so nothing was a massive surprise. I am not sure if the author wanted the readers to easily guess the ending or if it’s supposed to be a big twist, but to me it was pretty obvious.
A lot of the characters in the book are pretty awful, Bridget doesn’t have many people around her to support her, her husband is an arse for a lot of it and don’t get me started in her mother!
This is a book trying to get in with the ‘spiralling woman seeing things’ genre and it works however I do believe there are books that have succeeded more with a better twist hence the 3 stars.
Thank you Netgalley for a copy of the book in return for an honest review.
pinkvogue's review
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
ndgrad98's review
4.0
This was a twisty, turny psychological thriller! I TOTALLY identified with Bridge’s postpartum exhaustion and feelings of being “another person” - so that drew me in from the start. Her fervor to find the kidnapped girl kept me turning pages until the end. Even though I guessed most of the situation about midway through, the story was still fast paced enough to keep me engaged and doubting myself. If you enjoyed The Girl on the Train or The Couple Next Door, you’ll love this one!
sarahinreaderland's review
5.0
If I read the words dark and twisty in reviews for a book, I’m sold immediately. So when I saw this book and the fact that it was likened to series like Broadchurch and The Missing I knew I had to read it. Thank you so much to @AvonBooksUK and @BryonyPearce for this advanced audio copy of The Girl on the Platform in return for an honest review. The Girl on the Platform is due to be published on 15th April 2021 and you can get a copy here.
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resareads's review
5.0
*Thanks to Avon for the ARC!*
Bridget is struggling. With work. With her new baby. With taking care of herself. When she sees a young girl being kidnapped while riding passed a train station she knows none of that matters. She has to help.
But the police don't believe her. No one else on the train saw the kidnapping.
The only person looking for this girl is Bridget. But is she putting her family in danger by not giving up the search?
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Pearce uses a lot of newly common thriller tropes (sleep deprived new mom, PPD, and side-effects of anti-depression medication to create an unreliable narrator) to weave together a mystery that is refreshingly original. The narrative bounces back from Bridget in present day to the girl from the platform, but otherwise these are the only perspectives the reader sees, which I found refreshing after dozens of thrillers that bounce you between 3-5 other characters.
By keeping the narrative in Bridget's voice most of the time, Pearce is able to dive into Bridget as a character and while she's a frustrating, not always likeable character, Bridget felt like a real person. The kind of mom I might find at a mommy-and-me group or pass at the library. And as she hurtles through the twists and turns of this story, I couldn't help but hope she solved the mystery.
Pearce manages to keep the pace strong throughout the book, and each twist is both thoughtfully foreshadowed and surprising.
I also appreciated Pearce's homage to real missing persons cases throughout the book, and her focus on the victims' stories rather than the perpetrators motivation. As well as the detailed work Bridget does with statistics to show the kind of effort that goes into solving a missing persons case.
Not only did I love this book, but I loved Pearce as a writer and I'll be watching for more books from her in the future.
Bridget is struggling. With work. With her new baby. With taking care of herself. When she sees a young girl being kidnapped while riding passed a train station she knows none of that matters. She has to help.
But the police don't believe her. No one else on the train saw the kidnapping.
The only person looking for this girl is Bridget. But is she putting her family in danger by not giving up the search?
--
Pearce uses a lot of newly common thriller tropes (sleep deprived new mom, PPD, and side-effects of anti-depression medication to create an unreliable narrator) to weave together a mystery that is refreshingly original. The narrative bounces back from Bridget in present day to the girl from the platform, but otherwise these are the only perspectives the reader sees, which I found refreshing after dozens of thrillers that bounce you between 3-5 other characters.
By keeping the narrative in Bridget's voice most of the time, Pearce is able to dive into Bridget as a character and while she's a frustrating, not always likeable character, Bridget felt like a real person. The kind of mom I might find at a mommy-and-me group or pass at the library. And as she hurtles through the twists and turns of this story, I couldn't help but hope she solved the mystery.
Pearce manages to keep the pace strong throughout the book, and each twist is both thoughtfully foreshadowed and surprising.
I also appreciated Pearce's homage to real missing persons cases throughout the book, and her focus on the victims' stories rather than the perpetrators motivation. As well as the detailed work Bridget does with statistics to show the kind of effort that goes into solving a missing persons case.
Not only did I love this book, but I loved Pearce as a writer and I'll be watching for more books from her in the future.