What a solid thrill ride full of twists and turns! I read this one quickly and was quite taken with the "kidnapping" and no one believing Bridget and how it all evolved. I did not see some of the events coming ahead of time, which is always fun! Note - this book is really nothing like "Girl on a Train". I didn't think it would be, but wanted to caution ahead for folks who might.
Great writing, great characters and solid thriller. Thankful for the ARC!

Bridget is a tired and overworked new mother trying to balance life as a working mom of an infant when she witnesses a child being kidnapped from the platform of the train during her commute home one night from work. Problem is, no one else on the train saw the girl being taken, no child is reported as missing, the police don't believe her and even her own husband doubts what she saw. You see, Bridget has been experiencing postpartum depression and is emotionally volatile, medicated and sleep deprived. But she knows what she saw and she is the only one who can help find this poor little girl, She becomes consumed with it. What she learns along the way will keep you up until the wee hours of the night trying to finish this disturbing psychological thriller.

I would like to thank net galley , the publishers and the author for an ARC of The Girl on the Platform in exchange for my honest review. I loved every well thought out twist and turn. It kept me on the edge of my seat until the very end.

Thank you Avon Books for allowing me to read this.

I greatly enjoyed the story and couldn’t put this down. I had to keep reading to see if what I thought was happening was actually true.

From the very start, Bridget’s nightmares and what she seemed to be hallucinating were heartbreaking and terrifying all at once. A mother’s worse nightmare is losing her child in any way.

Pearce did an amazing job with writing this novel. Every loose-end was tied together by the end, and the ending left me in tears. Happy ones.

Thanks Netgalley for allowing me to read this book. Bridget believes she saw a young girl abducted while on a train. No one believes her including her husband. Bridget knows what she saw and is determined to find her. This book was gripping from the start.

Thank you so much for sending me an arc of this fantastic book.

This was a heartbreaking, chilling psychological thriller that I found difficult to put down. When you’re still up at 3am racing through it to find out what happened you know you have a good book in your hands!
The story is told from Bridget’s POV then scattered throughout are moments from the missing girl’s POV which keeps you intrigued.
Postnatal depression was a huge focal point and having personal experience of this I thought Bryony done a superb job of allowing the reader to understand the difficulty of living with a mental illness as well as highlighting just how much someone’s credibility can be undermined as a result.
I thought it was a fantastic plot twist, possibly hinted at too early on in the story as I picked up on it quickly.

You are traveling on the train, going home, tired after work, can't
wait to see your husband and baby, Then you look out of the window and pass a station. There sits a small girl and 2 men are taking her. You can't believe what you just saw. You ask the man sitting next to you, but he saw nothing. You report it, passengers are questioned, but nobody else has seen it. Even your husband thinks you imagined it. Finding out about the girl and hoping she is going to be OK consumes your life. You go to the library, scan the newspapers, but nothing is reported. You have to find the girl before it is too late, but digging into the past can reveal more than you imagined.
I did enjoy this book even though I guessed the outcome.
Thanks to the author, publisher and Netgalley for my ARC in exchange for my honest review.

It took me a while to get into this book, didn't really keep me on the edge of my seat nor did I find it to be a page turner and to be honest I was glad when I had got to the end, after a bit skim reading, sorry.

After reading about the book I was disappointed but I am sure I will be in the minority, it just wasn't for me.

Thank you to Netgalley and Avon Books for giving me the opportunity to read this book.

I received an advance copy of, The Girl on the Platform, by Bryony Pearce. This is an ok read. I did not care for the language, the characters were ok, the book was intense at times.

Fast paced suspense that kept me on the edge of my seat throughout book. Thank you to publisher and NetGalley for chance to read this arc. My first by this author. I can’t wait to check out more!

Pub date:4/2021

Bridget is travelling home on a train when she witnesses a girl being kidnapped - or does she?
Suffering with post natal depression and having just returned to work and on anti-depressants no one believes her.
This book has me gripped from the start and the whole story unfolding had me guessing.
Great read.

I was absolutely hooked, a great thriller, although I guessed the outcome quite early it didn't put me off as there was so much more to the conclusion. A brilliant fast paced read with fantastic characters. Will look into the authors other books.

The interesting dynamic of new parenting and the pressures of navigating the journey of post partum and the affects medication can play. A new mum sees something out the ordinary on a seemingly normal train journey home after a long demanding day at work, how will this unravel and what’s is real and what is imagined. Gripping read from start to finish.

Bridget, a tired and over-worked mother of a young baby, witnesses a girl being abducted from a train platform on her commute home from work. Looking through the window of a train, the events play out leaving Bridget helpless. She frantically tries to get help, however, the other passengers aboard the train didn't see anything. As she is suffering from post-natal depression, Bridget's account of the events is dismissed as a dream, but she's convinced by what she saw and starts her own investigation into the events.

Firstly, I am a huge fan of an unreliable narrator - see anything by Paula Hawkins - so I was hooked from the first chapter. I empathised greatly with Bridget's struggle to be taken seriously, and her frustration at those around her who failed to believe her. Her behaviour becomes unsettling and almost disturbing as she becomes obsessive over the child's disappearance. She's almost consumed by the responsibility she feels for the missing girl and risks losing her job, her family and loved ones to find out the truth of what really happened.

Her dedication was compelling, and I too wanted to find out what happened to the missing girl. Her experience of postnatal depression is insightful, with an in-depth look at the psychological aspects and the consequences of not taking her medication. Suspense and tension building is used cleverly, but ultimately the final 'twist' is hinted at far too many times to be that shocking. The plot and secrets she uncovers are intricate and some emotionally-charged moments made me gasp out loud, but for me, the ending was too neat and definitive after the trials and tribulations Bridget encounters throughout the story.

*Thanks to Netgalley and Avon for the review copy in exchange for this review

Absolutely chilling a book that drew me right in.The characters come alive had me reading blare into the night.Tense edge of your seat read a book I will be recommending,#netgalley#avonboojsuj

This is a character driven novel provided free to me by Netgalley for review (Kindle version). It is an intriguing story with a mystery that is solved early on the book. However, there are several mysteries that are surprises. Try this one.

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Thank you @netgalley for my advanced readers copy. The synopsis grabbed and sounded like a good psychological thriller.
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I will say that I figured how who the girl of the platform was about 35% in. Kinda disappointed in that. However, I didn’t know why so I kept reading.
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The story jumped from past to present. Telling of the girl on the platform when she was kidnapped. It was definitely eerie listening to where she was being kept and how she was treated. It was heartbreaks unsettling.
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The main character Bridget is obsessed with finding the missing girl that she saw. She’s the only one who saw her taken. Her life revolves around the kidnapping and she soon makes connections to other kidnappings.
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The ending confirmed who the girl on the platform what I thought. The reason as to why was shocker for sure. It definitely came very fast in the final chapters. I definitely was shocked 🤯
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Bridget was on a train heading home after work. As the stations flash by she sees a startling tableau before her very eyes. A young girl perhaps six is sitting on her suitcase when two men grab her and place her in a white van. A kidnapping!!!
She calls police. She is the only one in the whole train to have been a witness to the crime. How can that be!!?
I was gifted this book from the publisher, through Netgalley.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Get ready for a stomach churning twisty story. It's great! An unexpected ending, it's marvelous!

Amazing!!! This is the thriller we all need right now. I read this book in one day because I couldn’t put it down. The twists, the original story, the writing— all of it fabulous! This is going to be this years hard to top thriller. I will be recommending this book to everyone. Just the distraction you’re looking for!!

Imagine being the only witness to a kidnapping.... then the police doubt you.... then you doubt yourself as your exhausted maybe you didnt see it I mean noone else did..... so you start your investigation..... super book with unexpected twists

OK, so I firstly want to say what an incredible book this is!!! I loved absolutely everything about it, especially Bridget. I was so drawn to her for some reason. Every single chapter had me gripped, I read this book in 2 days as I just could not put it down.

The story is just fab and I did not expect the ending at all! This book is full of some twists and turns that left me wanting more. I was actually sad when I finished this book as I could of read more, I love Bryony's writing.

I think I would actually re read this book!