A good thriller in parts but it didn't always work for me. Still, the idea of a crime novel on a London tube was a neat idea. It's something we all do and everyone on public transport in london will find themselves nodding to much in the book. A good thriller all in all and I enjoyed it.

Thank you NetGalley and Atlantic Books for this eCopy to review

The Commuter hooked me from the start. Rachel, is an ordinary commuter with an extraordinary story full of dark secrets and unexpected twists. The plot is cleverly woven, keeping me on the edge of my seat, always guessing and second-guessing.

We follow Rachel Gorden, who wakes up from a coma to the shocking news that her much older husband, Anthony, has died. The police suspect Rachel of being involved in his death, but she can't remember anything from the past month. All she has are flashes of a mysterious man she met on her daily commute. As Rachel tries to piece together what happened, she must uncover the truth to clear her name and discover if this stranger had anything to do with her husband's death. As the layers of suspense and intrigue are revealed it is hard to know what is the truth and who can be trusted, even Rachel herself. It’s a psychological minefield that kept me pondering long after I’d turned the last page.

The Commuter is a gripping read that masterfully combines everyday life with edge-of-your-seat suspense. Curtis has a knack for making the ordinary extraordinary, and this novel is a testament to that. Highly recommend it for anyone looking for a psychological thriller with a unique twist

A great read! When Rachel Gordon comes out of a coma and is told that her husband is dead, she immediately replies "I killed him", Rachel has amnesia and whilst the police are convinced Rachel was involved in Anthony's murder, she genuinely can't remember the night he died, when she had a car accident, or the days leading up to it. As Rachel starts to move on with her life, her memory begins to return and she remembers someone she met on the tube. Is he the key to unlocking the rest of her memory?

The characters were well written and it was difficult to know who to trust and who to believe.

I had no idea which direction this story was heading and there were lots of red herrings and twists that kept me guessing. It was fairly slow but steady until close to the end, when the action really took off and the truth was revealed! Wow!

4 ⭐️ Thanks to Netgalley, Emma Curtis and Atlantic for an ARC in return for an honest review.

In The Commuter, we follow Rachel, who has just woken from a coma after a car accident, only to be told that her wealthy husband has been murdered in their family home. As Rachel begins to recover, she experiences flashbacks, including memories of a mysterious fellow commuter—a man whose name she doesn’t even know. Strangely, since her husband’s death, this man has vanished, and now the police suspect that Rachel may be involved in the murder.

As the investigation deepens, Rachel finds herself racing against time to uncover the truth before she is wrongfully imprisoned for a crime she knows she didn’t commit.

The Commuter is a psychological thriller that explores suburban life, blending suspense, deception, and complex relationships. While the story maintains tension throughout, I found the plot became quite complicated toward the end, and I did feel lost at times. Some parts left me feeling a bit detached, but overall, it was an engaging read.

Rating: 3.5/5

The Commuter is a clever page turner thriller which kept me guessing right to the very end.
The story centres around Rachel, the much younger wife of a very wealthy husband. When Rachel wakes from a coma to discover her husband has been killed, she finds herself the main murder suspect. But all she can recall from the last few weeks are brief memories of a fellow commuter with whom she may have had an affair.
I enjoyed the fast pace and twisty nature of the book, and although you do have to suspend your disbelief at certain points, it kept me hooked throughout.
With thanks to the publishers and NetGalley for an ARC.

This story absolutely had me gripped! I thought the twists and turns were very well done and it was a very suspensful and exciting read overall.

Such a convoluted story! The author grips you and you want to know what is happening. At times I felt the need to suspend belief, but persevered to the end.

This is definitely a novel which will grab your attention!

Rachel is married to Anthony, whom she loves very much. However, with there being an age difference and him being very wealthy, there will always be those who regard her as a bit of a gold digger. And then there's his adult daughter, Caroline, who is very much 'daddy's little girl' and knows exactly how to wind him round her little finger. One day, Rachel can stand it no more and tells him a few home truths about his darling offspring, resulting in his slapping her. Fast forward to Rachel wakening from a coma to discover her husband is dead and she is a wealthy widow - but all she can think about is the stranger she made eye contact with on the train . . .

Wow, this is certainly an action-packed read which kept me glued to the pages, desperate to find out what happened next ... and I have to say I didn't expect the outcome! A thrilling read, beautifully written and one I'm happy to highly recommend. 5*.

My thanks to the publisher for my copy via NetGalley; this is my honest, original and unbiased review.

Emma Curtis can do no wrong for me as a devoted reader and she continues to write engaging and highly addictive books that I have to read in one session! The Commuter continues my love affair with her writing and I completely forgot about everything else around me while I read it. Full of red herrings and untrustworthy characters, I was held captive until the last page. Highly recommend l!

I was really enjoying this book until maybe two thirds of the way in, I liked the way we find out what has been happening to Rachel when she had lost her memory. The story was being gradually exposed and it was keeping me gripped. However, I felt the book became too confusing and unrealistic. I do enjoy this author's books I just felt this one fell a little short as the story progressed.

The Commuter is a complex and twisty thriller that I enjoyed.
Rachel is married to Anthony, older and very wealthy, he comes with his adult daughter, Caroline. There is no love lost between the two women and after 12 years of marriage Caroline wants rid of Rachel. Anthony had a heart attack a few months ago and has not been the same since. Rachel tells him some home truths out his daughter and he reacts by hitting her. Rachel goes off to work and meets a handsome man on a crammed train. Weeks later Rachel wakes up in a hospital bed with no recollection of anything. So what happened between meeting the man on the train and being told that she was involved in a road accident trying to get back to her husband quickly and him being found murdered in their home?
This was a decent thriller, there is some element towards the end of being too good to be true but on the whole it was an enjoyable read. Rachel was a great lead character and was believable making the book come alive more.
I would like to thank NetGalley and Atlantic Books for this ARC I received in exchange for an honest review.

Rachel is in her 30s and married to Anthony who is much older. His daughter Caroline lives with them and is an aspiring actress though mainly out of work. Rachel spends an evening with some friends and receives a phone call from her husband and decides to drive home even though she's extremely drunk. The inevitable happens and she crashes her car and is placed in an induced coma. When she regains consciousness she is told her husband was murdered on the night of Rachel's accident and foolishly says she killed him.. Unfortunately Rachel cannot remember much of what happened in the week or so before the accident, but she has vague recollection of meeting a man on the Tube. Caroline blames Rachel for her father's death and is determined to seek justice for him.

I really enjoyed the first half of this book and there were a couple of twists i didn't see coming but after that it became extremely implausible and Rachel's behaviour was very naive to say the least.. I don't want to give the ending away but it was quite bizarre.

Thanks to NetGalley and the author for the opportunity of reading this.

My thanks to Atlantic Books and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read ‘The Commuter’ written by Emma Curtis in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.

Rachel is involved in a road traffic accident and is in a coma. When she wakes up she’s told that her husband Anthony was killed on the same day as her accident and the police suspect she’s involved in some way. Rachel has no memory of what happened and can only remember flirting with the good-looking man she met during her commute on the tube-train.

‘The Commuter’ is a psychological thriller of Rachel who lives with her wealthy and much older husband Anthony and his spoilt and bitter daughter Caroline who blames Rachel for her father’s murder. The beginning of the book caught my interest and sounded the kind of book I’d enjoy but then the story went flat, the twists were disappointing and I lost interest, and any incentive to continue reading disappeared. It’s well-written but we’re all looking for something different from a book and not every book suits us all, and from the reviews lots of readers have enjoyed it but unfortunately I’m not one of them and I was relieved when I reached the end.

I liked the premise of this book and the beginning held my attention, then it became more complicated with different POVs and Im sorry to say that I lost concentration and interest in the characters and the plot
Thank you to netgalley and Atlantic Books for an advance copy of this book.

.Thank you for this ARC. My first book by this author, and what a read. The title fascinated me, so I got stuck in. Full of twists and turns, great characters, A great storyline and couldn’t put it down

This book started as a 4 stars for me, it was compelling since the very beginning and as a plus it was a pleasant surprise to discover that it is set in the same area of London I live in!
It was cool to recognise places such as river walks and coffee shops that I myself go to. The Tube line itself is the one I take and I loved seeing how accurately the commute was described: from the backyards of the houses you pass through in Kew to the stretch of Thames you cross, to the old tall houses hovering close the train tracks when you approach Hammersmith.

This was a pretty long book and while the first two thirds were maybe slightly slow and I was expecting a little bit more of a thrill throughout, it was still interesting – unfortunately at about 70% everything drastically started to go downhill.

I spent the first part of the story intrigued and eagerly waiting for some development but half way the story seemed to start going in circles. It is narrated via two different time lines and multi PoV – this is manageable and interesting at the beginning, but towards the end other PoVs are introduced both in the present and in the past and it all becomes very confusing.

I didn't like Rachel and this did not help much, I found her extremely gullible and naive, and completely lacking spine when it came to stand for herself. While at the beginning it was something that made the character fairly realistic (considering her back story), the lack of development by the end of the book made her the complete opposite.
She's shepherded through events without really doing anything active; she stumbles into so many convenient plot devices and twist to make you roll your eyes every other page. I honestly called her stupid more than once.
The whole ending was a big sequence of conveniences (half my notes are like "convenient, isn't it?" or "of course."), full of plot holes and forgotten details (what about that rabbit garden statue? I honestly thought it was gonna have a purpose, if you know what I mean). I could go into more details but it is spoiler-zone so I will leave it.

By the end, the only character I can say I was always invested in was "you", and that's a shame because he's mainly absent. I would have loved him to be a bigger part of the story, but that would have been a different book, the one I was wishing for from the start.

Thank you Net Galley and the publisher for providing this ARC in exchange for a honest review.

Wow this I loved and I knew I would straight away. This is what thrillers should be gripping and full of twists and turns. Yes sometimes we can work things out but if a book is written this well it shouldn’t take away from it loved it !!

I thought the description of this book sounded really intriguing, so I was looking forward to reading it. Sadly, it did not live up to expectations. It was very long and the plot became more and more unbelievable and convoluted as it went on. Also, I didn't find the characters to be very believable or likeable.
Thanks to NetGalley for a preview copy.
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Rachel wakes from a coma to discover her controlling husband has been killed, and the police suspect her of involvement.
But all Rachel can recall from the last few weeks are tantalising flashes of a fellow commuter. A man whose name she doesn't know.

I suppose we all look for different things when we read a novel. Good gripping story, likeable and believable characters and a satisfying end. This novel, sadly fell short for me. As the book progresses it starts telling the story from different timelines and viewpoints which, to me, is annoying. What happened to just telling a story? I realise the changed viewpoints is used to reveal things but the repetition is tiring. It’s a shame because the writing is good. It didn’t work for me.

Rachel wakes up from a coma after a car accident and learns her husband was murdered the same day and she has no memory of the last month, the police think she is guilty of something.
Rachel is married to Anthony a very rich older man and stepmother to Caroline a very spoilt adult who relies on her dad`s money to live a luxury lifestyle.
Was it a happy marriage?
The twists come hard and fast it`s difficult to keep up and who to believe.
Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC and I give my honest review.