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One train. No stops. A deadly game of survival and revenge.

In 1942, six people destroyed Anna Matheson’s family. Twelve years later, she’s ready for retribution.

Under false pretenses, Anna has lured those responsible for her family’s downfall onto a luxury train from Philadelphia to Chicago, an overnight journey of fourteen hours. Her goal? Confront the people who’ve wronged her, get them to confess their crimes, and deliver them into the hands of authorities waiting at the end of the line. Justice will at last be served.

But Anna’s plan is quickly derailed by the murder of one of the passengers. As the train barrels through the night, it becomes clear that someone else on board is enacting their own form of revenge—and that they won’t stop until everyone else is dead.

With time running out before the train reaches its destination, Anna is forced to hunt the killer in their midst while protecting the people she hates the most. In order to destroy her enemies, she must first save them—even though it means putting her own life at risk.

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(view spoiler)[so far this is a really well written novel! There are six "victims" and all of them are part of the cause of why her brother and her father...died and got accused of the other die from the exploding train. The six of them will experience torture that reflects the pain that they have caused to 33 people including Seamus's own brother (i didn't thought that he would actually be part of the victim's family, i just thought that he's like Anna's best friend) (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[i think i may have just found my favorite character in this book 🫶🫶🫶 REGGIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LUV U REGGIEEEEEE (hide spoiler)]

I will be starting this in a few. I just got home from work. Im excited to jump into it though.

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(view spoiler)[woah this is really great! There has now been 2 murders and anna is looking for the culprit. We now knew about Sal's story and how she did that because of a certain "woman" that she got connected with in a bar. There is also this intense attempted murder scene by Herb 🌿 & Anna and how she handled it by putting him in his own room to deescalate it. AND MA BOI REGGIE IS REVEALED TO BE AN FBI AGENT TASKED IN INVESTIGATING THIS TRAIN PHENOMENA! THIS BOOK IS SO GOOD (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[ EVERYONE SHUT THE FUCK UP INCLUDING MYSELF BECAUSE WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING WHY IS THIS SO GOOD WHY ARE THERE SO MANY PLOT TWISTS HAPPENING SIDE BY SIDE, THIS IS SO COMEDICALLY GENIUS LIKE WHAT AUTHOR WOULD EVEN DARE TO TRY TO WRITE A BOOK LIKE THIS. IT'S A RISKY MOVE BUT ITS EXECUTED REALLY PERFECTLY!!!!!!!!!!!!! (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 7 (view spoiler)[ Dante must be the hiccup that Anna was told about earlier. I am going to make a guess he is also who ends up dead. (hide spoiler)]

ah yes, i remember the times, the times where its the start of the book. i really would like to imagine what your reaction is to the things that will happen...

yep, cuz it was like unplanned that Dante is the one who actually went to the train

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(view spoiler)[oh Riley Sager, you pretentious hipster 😭😭😭😭, i felt so many emotions while reading this and just got shocked after shock after shock every single chapter that damn happens 😭😭, i gotta read more books bu this author (hide spoiler)]

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Thats part of the reason I get so excited for his books. He writes them so well in my opinion (view spoiler)[ I wasnt expecting Seamus to be one of the victim’s family members either. Its also hard to feel bad for the 5 on the train when it seems like they are not very nice people. (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 12 (view spoiler)[ Judd is the first one to die. I wonder if Dante posioned him. (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 15 (view spoiler)[ I wonder who hired Reggie? (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 22 (view spoiler)[ Reggue is an FBI agent! Didnt see that coming. (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[ This book is so intesne. I cant put it down. The Herb and Anna scene had me "on the edge". I really thought he was going to do it. (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 32 (view spoiler)[ Herb is dead now as well. Who the heck is the murderer?!?! I felt like it was Reggie, but now I dont think so. Then I suspected Seamus, but meh not sure about that either. Anna seems to predictable. Hmm.... (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 36 (view spoiler)[ Reggie just got stabbed! What the heck!! (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 48 (view spoiler)[ Well I was wrong all the way around. Seems like Seamus and Reggie are guilty. (hide spoiler)]

Finished (view spoiler)[ I definitely did not see any of this coming. The fact that Dante and Tommy are half siblings blew my mind. All the clues were there I guess, but I never would have put it togather. (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[literally everyone is like unpredictable here 😭😭😭 (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[REALLLL, I WON'T ACCEPT THAT, WHY THEY STABBED MY LITTLE BOI 😤😤 (hide spoiler)]

I love how Gohnar is loving this book hahaha the first half was slow for me and didn't keep my attention well but the second half was a great time!! Lots of action and twists, I enjoyed it!

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Do you still feel the same way after finishing the book!? I really liked him (view spoiler)[at first too and then I was like REGGIE HOW DARE YOU --- and to stab yourself!?!? Sheesh!! (hide spoiler)]

Courtney wrote: "Finished [spoilers removed]"

I loved the two twists where (view spoiler)[Kenneth was in the conductors room the whole time *savage* AND Thomas was really his son!!! (hide spoiler)] Also, the fact that Anna got NO hassle for plotting all this, yes I know she didn't really do anything BUT that is not okay to just blackmail six people into getting on a train just to harass them for 8 hours! Even if they do deserve that, you can't just be holding people captive like that idk, the ending was a bit unrealistic. And I don't think (view spoiler)[Reggie would have had such a change of heart at the very end because "he's going to jail anyway" and taking the blame for Seamus. Don't get me wrong, I liked that part, but, it's just unrealistic IMO (hide spoiler)]

I will need to read Murder on the Orient Express to compare now! And now that I'm looking at reviews of other people who read this, a lot of people did not like it!!

Danielle ♥ wrote: "Gohnar23 wrote: "37%

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Do you still feel the same way after finishing the book!? I really liked him [spoilers removed]"

OFCOURSEEEEEE, I STILL LOVE REGIIEEEE (would forgive every thing he does 😇😇😇, i mean he is an fbi agent, the things that he does in that job is pretty obvious)