THROW HIM UNDER A TRAIN

by Luana Giunta

What if you are offered a terrific job opportunity 400 miles from home? What if your home is London and you hate small cities?At age twenty-four, with a passion for writing, fashion-devotee Victoria Track accepts a position as assistant editor in Dunbar. She travels from Edinburgh to the small city because, “At least it’s a decent place to live.”On the threshold of his thirties, displeased with the direction of his life, humble computer-whiz Noah Rail buys his childhood house in Berwick-upon-Tweed in the hope of finding happiness.Not wanting to completely abandon his shy best friend, he commutes to Edinburgh and keeps his boring but well-paid job. When said best friend unintentionally lies to his secret crush, Noah will begrudgingly go along.As Victoria and Noah cross paths, misjudgements and arguments will fuel Noah’s instant dislike for the young woman, but they’ll have to join forces to achieve a common purpose.Will this messy ride bring them to a common romantic destination, or is this going to be a derailed love?

Genres: Fiction

323 pages, Paperback

Published March 19, 2024

Reviews

[Rebekah · Rating 2 out of 5]

1 Sentence Summary: When Victoria gets a new job she has to move all the way to Edinburgh, and while she misses London, she soon makes some new friends as well as an enemy, an annoying man named Noah.

My Thoughts: I don’t know, I just didn’t really like any of the characters. They were all kinda annoying and childish. Also, I wasn’t invested in the story or the romance. The writing style wasn’t my favorite either. It could have been more developed and more polished.

Recommend to: No one.

(Warnings: swearing)

[Lacrima Mundi · Rating 5 out of 5]

A wonderful, well-written, very cosy, and extremely funny novel.

This is a (meta)story about writing as much as it is multiple love stories, a couple of them are also queer love-stories. The characters where (mostly) lovely and adorable. I absolutely loved Archie, Rory, Finley and Elsie.

The story lost me a few times, but that was not down to the author or the writing but rather to the fact that some of those small-talk scenarios described went totally over my autistic-introverted head; an indication for the superb writing, because that is exactly what happens in real life too.

I can definitely recommend this to everybody who loves a cosy story with diverse, well-written and developed characters that as many, many laugh-out-loud moments and is, all in all, just wonderful and cosy.

A perfect read for a rainy day in front of a fireplace, with some (hot) chocolate and a cuddly blanket.

[Sophie Bowns · Rating 5 out of 5]

A perfect light read!

‘Throw Him Under A Train’ is the second book that I have read by this author. Firstly, the cover was eye catching and lovely and the book itself is free on kindle unlimited.

It’s the perfect book if you want something fairly light yet really well written. The characters were well rounded and Luana Guinta has a delightful writing style!

[Rachel Tilley · Rating 5 out of 5]

I very much enjoyed this.

For the 2-3 chapters we were introduced to the characters, and from there I couldn't put it down.
I loved the way the story came together, and all the side characters - especially Archie.
There was one part towards the end when I literally cried with laughter.
And the name of the book - perfection!

[PENDING · Rating 5 out of 5]

I LOVED THIS BOOK!!

"Luana Giunta has done it again! This is the second romantic comedy I have read by this author and I wasn't disappointed! She presents her characters with exceptional skill, and weaves her stories like a true pro! I highly recommend this book! Pick it up and enjoy it!"

[Stephen Elliott · Rating 5 out of 5]

Couldn’t turn the pages quickly enough and found myself disappointed when I reached the end.