Title: Overrated
Review: I read prodigiously, and this is the most disappointing debut novel I've ever read. It pales in comparison to Ian McEwan's spine chilling The Comfort of Strangers.With its weak utterly preposterous plot, Strangers on a Train is an insult to anyone's intelligence. The actions of Guy, the guy who's being stalked, are so unbelievable - not to say asinine - that I found them irritating. The private investigation into all the murders was equally unbelievable and downright farcical! Read the other 2 star review on here. It's right on the money!I should have just watched the movie. The book drags on and on for nearly 300 pages towards a most unsatisfying anticlimactic ending, which I don't want to give away. A waste of time. Pick up any "hard" novel by Georges Simenon. I recommend Dirty Snow, The Widow, The Train, and particularly The Man who Watched Trains Go By and The Engagement (!). And of course, the Comfort of Strangers by Ian McEwan.
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