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The Train: The Moving Psychological Novel Everyone Is Talking About Kindle Edition

by Sarah Bourne (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 501 ratings
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A suicidal woman steps in front of a commuter train, changing the lives of its passengers forever, in this psychological novel by the author of Ella’s War.

When the day starts with tragedy . . . where will it lead?

Eight strangers start their day unaware of the events about to unfold, but they find themselves having to reassess who they are and what they want from life after a woman steps in front of their train.

Emotional responses rise to the surface, including some of the choices they’ve made in life and their own mortality. Can their lives go on as they were, or will this stranger’s death be the catalyst they need for change? . . .

An emotional look at how people react to a terrible event and how we recover from tragedy, The Train is the perfect read for fans of authors like Amanda Prowse, Ashley Audrain, and JP Delaney.

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Sarah was born and brought up in London and has lived in the US, Japan and now Australia. She worked in Mental Health for many years, and still works as a Counsellor as well as teaching Yoga. Writing was never an aspiration, but one summer, with her three children getting older, she decided to write a short story, just for something to fill her time. But as these things do, writing quickly became more than a hobby. Her ‘apprenticeship’ was a YA trilogy based on the ghost stories of Berry Pomeroy Castle in Devon, but she then turned to adult fiction. She loves to take an issue of interest, build a plot around it and add some compelling characters. She is often surprised where it goes! Sarah is thrilled to be part of the Bloodhound Books kennel.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09C6LBDDG
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bloodhound Books (April 12, 2021)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 12, 2021
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1611 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 286 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 501 ratings

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Born and raised in London, Sarah has travelled extensively and finally settled in Sydney, Australia. She is married and has three children. She is a counsellor, yoga teacher and writer, and loves skiing, swimming, long dinners with friends and walking her two dogs.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Unique and Remarkable
Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2022
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A remarkable story of the impact of a person's tragedy upon strangers in the train. Weaves together in a series of short stories of the individuals, bringing it full circle of experiences. Forcing the looking upon ones own life, sorrows, regrets, and taking action in the future. A fabulous and unique reading experience!
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Cheer Mom
4.0 out of 5 stars Not a psychological thriller
Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2021
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This is a hard book to categorize but it’s absolutely not a psychological thriller or a twisted kind of book. It’s more of a novel about people and their daily lives.

It starts with the story of the woman who early in the book kills her self by jumping in front of a train. The rest of the book is about passengers on the train and how their day progresses. While the characters don’t all know each other, their lives do intersect. I liked the book but didn’t love it. 3 1/2 stars out of five.
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K. O'Connor
3.0 out of 5 stars Heavy story with great character development
Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2021
This book tells the story of different characters on the day of a tragedy, weaving in their background to explain how they react and carry on their day after the tragedy occurs. The writer did an amazing job on the character development, and telling by the events from different points of view, and that part of the book I really enjoyed. The story itself was incredibly heavy and I wasn’t fully prepared for how heavy of a tale this was, and kept wanting something more to lift it up. It’s a good book, but it is really heavy. I may have rated it higher if I had read it at a different time.
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Carole Clancy Javaux
5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting , liked it
Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2021
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Interesting how the author wove the lives of all the passengers on the train into a tapestry of sorts . Ended a bit abruptly , I rather wish the heartless Lawrence had ended up crashing his bike or at least have gotten some punishment for being such a tool.
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Vero Reader
4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, engaging and well written
Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2021
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This story is written as an integrated series of vignettes. The first chapter opens with a woman in despair who commits suicide by stepping in front of a morning commuter train. The rest of the story examines the experience and its effects on the train crew and other passengers on the train as they make their way through the daily grind and try to make peace in their own lives.
This approach and construction of the story make it an engaging read. Recommended!
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Bobbi Lewin
5.0 out of 5 stars Such a great read!
Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2021
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An intriguing look at the impact one tragic event had on the different lives of the people who witnessed it. This story kept me glued to the page from the start!
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Margaret
2.0 out of 5 stars Missing the plot of story
Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2022
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I did not get the point of this book. It makes me wonder where Kindle gets its authors and books.
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Lisa Heidke
5.0 out of 5 stars Thought provoking. Brilliant writing.
Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2021
This story follows eight seemingly unrelated characters over one day and how their lives change when the morning commuter train they are on, is involved in a tragedy.

I became emotionally invested in all the characters and wanted their story arcs to continue. Each of their individual stories - and they were very individual, believable three dimensional characters - could be stand alone novellas.

I look forward to reading Sarah Bourne's next novel.

Highly recommended.

I was given an advance copy arc of The Train by Bloodhound Books for my honest review.
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Irene Edwards author
5.0 out of 5 stars An intriguing story
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 9, 2021
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Lovely writing style. Plenty of balance. Really good character portrayal , twists and turns, and an elaborately designed and well thought out plot, basically delving into the thoughts and lives of travelling train passengers, traumatised by a rail suicide, whilst journeying. I see great writing and potential in Sarah Bourne's writing and I can't wait to read her next book. I will award it five star and a high recommendation...a great emerging talent.
I emphasise the fabulous character studies here from Sarah. Absolutely worth a read. I thorouģly enjoyed this book and I admire the way each section of the story draws one in to a very human situation. Amazingly executed. Loved it.
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BRENDAN
5.0 out of 5 stars Provocative and real - a great read
Reviewed in Australia on May 22, 2021
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As the eight people take you on their own journey and story, they also interconnect and weave with each other - all connected with a train journey.
This gem of a book is clever, thoughtful in cognitive detail, provocative, spell-binding, with details so accurate it could be your own front room or train journey - it is itself like a train journey on tracks that might de-rail any second...
I particularly like the chapters and the interconnectedness as it brought me back to the book time and time again.
Sarah Bourne has to write another - this cannot be her only book. That would be so unfair on the world
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Mary St George
4.0 out of 5 stars A positive theme emerges from a suicide
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 25, 2021
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The Train by Sarah Bourne requires that the reader keep their wits about them to put together the puzzle of characters some of whom are more connected than others but all of whom have experienced a suicide on their morning commute to London. A clever idea with multiple subplots. For me the strongest effect of the book was the overriding theme that one needs to accept what life deals you and remain positive in your outlook to yourself and those around you. Well done indeed!
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Sam
3.0 out of 5 stars Great premise, but I wanted it to go somewhere
Reviewed in Australia on January 8, 2022
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The book had more promise than it delivered. The premise of how different passengers respond to a suicide on their morning commute was intriguing. The characters have potential, they are varied and have interesting back stories. However, the interweaving of these stories is sometimes clunky and they don’t really go anywhere. It is a good look at the effect of the incident on different people but I wanted more of a story.
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M. E. Urban
3.0 out of 5 stars INTERESTING BOOK, BUT~~
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 19, 2021
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The premise of this book was thought provoking and interesting. To explore the reactions and impact on passengers after a woman commits suicide by jumping in front of a train in which they are passengers is a great premise for a novel. The characters, while well drawn, fade in and out of the story by interaction with other passengers as well as a few threads that tie them together in their own home lives. How they choose to live their lives after experiencing such a trauma is played out in their individual chapters of this novel. This is a literate, well written novel and I did enjoy reading it. However, the author's opinions on Brexit had no relevance to the plot and were not warranted or necessary for character development.
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