tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post889589394722570185..comments2024-03-28T16:10:45.421+00:00Comments on Going Gently: The Girl On The TrainJohn Going Gentlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-1474834577518177542016-10-25T02:43:45.241+00:002016-10-25T02:43:45.241+00:00AgreedAgreedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-2044012901747174902016-10-12T02:36:45.153+00:002016-10-12T02:36:45.153+00:00The book is fabulousThe book is fabulousShellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15582566376696980446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-76234803362494708702016-10-12T00:44:45.756+00:002016-10-12T00:44:45.756+00:00Me too xMe too xJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-49570113946708586142016-10-11T20:58:43.834+00:002016-10-11T20:58:43.834+00:00Ha ha, love it! Ha ha, love it! Curly Clubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12802333414956803595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-67299378952916965802016-10-11T20:25:56.635+00:002016-10-11T20:25:56.635+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.KitKatCothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03599374086633244037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-12413023469072784032016-10-11T20:25:25.488+00:002016-10-11T20:25:25.488+00:00I have two or three chapters left to read in the b...I have two or three chapters left to read in the book. I'm hoping for a zombie invasion to wipe them all out, I'll be disappointed with anything less. KitKatCothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03599374086633244037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-1867343035362893032016-10-11T19:47:26.280+00:002016-10-11T19:47:26.280+00:00I was looking forward to seeing the film, but it h...I was looking forward to seeing the film, but it hasn't gotten rave reviews, so I've decided against it.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04443352705506509732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-35844049695478778152016-10-11T12:25:33.363+00:002016-10-11T12:25:33.363+00:00Oh many here seem to have enjoyed itOh many here seem to have enjoyed itJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-37359674846188684832016-10-11T12:24:54.217+00:002016-10-11T12:24:54.217+00:00On reflection I should have given it 7.5On reflection I should have given it 7.5John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-43393885035428218482016-10-11T11:10:10.797+00:002016-10-11T11:10:10.797+00:00Thanks for your thoughts on this much trumpeted fi...Thanks for your thoughts on this much trumpeted film. It was interesting that you only gave it 8/10. Maybe I'll not bother with it.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-75914256197620629362016-10-11T11:08:49.482+00:002016-10-11T11:08:49.482+00:00I loved the book. Mostly if I see films after I re...I loved the book. Mostly if I see films after I read a good book I find them a poor second. I really dislike films changed from the original setting as very often this is the reason the book works so well. Classic case in point is the Tom Cruise version of War of the Worlds. By the same token I can't see one with wind set on the Yorkshire dales :}jan joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05828336550985082218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-49581832592066271682016-10-11T08:08:15.662+00:002016-10-11T08:08:15.662+00:00Sounds like one to watch :)Sounds like one to watch :)Simonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02766240849932971541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-80439340131688477092016-10-11T07:39:43.668+00:002016-10-11T07:39:43.668+00:00Interesting - you're pretty much on your own i...Interesting - you're pretty much on your own in your opinion.Bel-Amihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14482028713257360473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-53857580063725859482016-10-11T06:58:42.495+00:002016-10-11T06:58:42.495+00:00I did not like the book at all.I did not like the book at all.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-6086632584543087682016-10-11T06:26:03.481+00:002016-10-11T06:26:03.481+00:00A film we agree on 😊
We saw this last week and l...A film we agree on 😊<br /><br />We saw this last week and loved it. Emily Blunt was brilliant as the main character. I also gave it an 8/10.<br /><br />I haven't read the book and don't intend to, the film was good enough for me.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04177854521955532744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-7451261003163413152016-10-11T04:51:20.628+00:002016-10-11T04:51:20.628+00:00In a few lines you've accomplished a more comp...In a few lines you've accomplished a more comprehensive precis of the film than I managed by rambling more than five times as much. <br />Now having seen so many reactions to the film by those who've read the novel I'm keener than ever to join the ranks of the latter.Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-79918636277380198962016-10-11T01:26:45.155+00:002016-10-11T01:26:45.155+00:00I am listening to the audible version of this book...I am listening to the audible version of this book on my smartphone and it is excellent. There are 3 different woman narrating the main characters and I am truly enjoying it. I will see the movie when I complete this book. I can see how the written book version can come across as underwhelming.Mohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13103330862645878161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-77433002347173974712016-10-11T00:57:29.872+00:002016-10-11T00:57:29.872+00:00Ha! I've just spluttered my coffee everywhere....Ha! I've just spluttered my coffee everywhere.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10787732343048847565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-10854718469390321662016-10-11T00:20:26.400+00:002016-10-11T00:20:26.400+00:00I read about half of the book, then gave it away. ...I read about half of the book, then gave it away. Life is too short to voluntarily spend my time with people like that. I felt the same way about Gone Girl.weavinfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02479719533728863947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-27514957197752081152016-10-10T23:52:48.165+00:002016-10-10T23:52:48.165+00:00I did not enjoy the book because the main characte...I did not enjoy the book because the main character was a whiner and it was hard to have any empathy for her. I heard the movie was better so I might go see it. Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032033918798053005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-35279097016457141892016-10-10T23:08:37.132+00:002016-10-10T23:08:37.132+00:00I think I read the book but with my memory, I prob...I think I read the book but with my memory, I probably did and would love the movie because I wouldn't remember a thing about the book lol. But I like the actors in it .. love Emily Blunt ..Notes From ABroadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12202279303962539035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-20746247421005367002016-10-10T23:08:16.609+00:002016-10-10T23:08:16.609+00:00well...I am about 3/4 through the book and it'...well...I am about 3/4 through the book and it's like who cares so I think I will wait for the movieain't for city galshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14938751007704247232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-18434761458200024252016-10-10T22:58:38.573+00:002016-10-10T22:58:38.573+00:00I don't think I have EVER heard that someone s...I don't think I have EVER heard that someone should forget a novel and see the film instead. .. now I'm intrigued. Cottontailfarmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06603586688895863727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-27111349297157117482016-10-10T22:54:39.850+00:002016-10-10T22:54:39.850+00:00Oh, goody! It's a movie I would like to see, a...Oh, goody! It's a movie I would like to see, and I was looking forward to your rating.Irishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12550611275677498097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-23154312059911072932016-10-10T22:53:24.787+00:002016-10-10T22:53:24.787+00:00The novel's plot was easy to predict, but...al...The novel's plot was easy to predict, but...all the same I would have gone to the movie if it had been filmed in the UK. It's that sort of London to outer areas and back again that made the book just about plausible and interesting. NYC commuting trains have very different views.<br /><br />Best wishes.Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.com