Girl On The Train Movie Vs Book

The Girl On the Train by Paula Hawkins portrays London through the eyes of 32-year-old Rachel Watson, a divorced alcoholic. In 2016, this novel was made into a movie. In both the novel and the film adaptation, Rachel obsessively rides the train past her old house, where her ex-husband and his new wife live. She slowly shifts her attention to a seemingly perfect couple. After a night of heavy drinking, she blacks out and cannot remember the previous night. She learns that one half of her perfect couple is missing (Meghan) and possibly dead. Unable to trust herself, Rachel begins an investigation find out what really happened. Although the film adaptation stays true to the plotline of the novel, it fails to capture the magic of the novel. The

The separation was extremely one-sided. Rachel is unable to move on from their divorce and constantly harrasses Tom and his new wife, Anna, through phone calls and appearances at their house. In both the film and the novel, it is clear that Rachel is a burden on the new family; however, Tom’s responses differ in the film. Tom has a much larger role in the novel. In the book, Tom is more sympathetic to Rachel. He responds to her, gives her money and even shares an intimate moment with Rachel. It takes longer for him to become utterly fed up with her stalkerish behavior. In the film, Tom is not a central character. He is not sympathetic to Rachel and often ignores her. Rachel hardly ever gets a response so it makes it harder to understand why she keeps persisting. The book’s adaptation of Rachel and Tom’s relationship better suits the story because it uses Tom’s “kindness” as fuel for Rachel’s harassment. Tom’s sympathetic behavior in the book creates hope for Rachel, which better explains her

The book offers insight into the three female protagonists’ perspective. It utilizes the switching between the three women’s point of view. The film does offer the perspective of the three women, but the central voice is Rachel’s. The movie consolidates the women’s backstories, which causes the loss of the character-building that is present in the book. The book peels back layers of the story to create gradual plot-development. In the novel, the reader can see Anna’s perspective, which helps the reader understand her hatred of Rachel. The film attempts to recreate three narrators, but fails represent Anna. She can do nothing more than think about her baby and Rachel. Meghan is arguably the story’s most complex character. In the novel, she is the least represented, but in the novel, she overshadows Anna. She is the story’s main mystery. The film exploits her character and reveals too much about her too soon, which weakens the thrill of the mystery. The minimized link between the three women in the film reduces the intensity of the plot. Overall, the novel better relates the three women together, which helps connect the elements of the