John Field

I bought this book from a charity shop. From the title it looked very interesting. Having a young grandchild I could, to some degree, empathise with the predicament that is at the centre of the story. However, it wasn’t long before I began to wonder why the author included so many dreadful swear words: F words and B words. As I read the book I numbered these dreadful swear words and counted 105! In addition, the author includes a similar number of blasphemous words which I also found dreadful. I counted 103 of these. Doesn’t the author have any respect for the God who made her and for those who revere the name of Jesus Christ and who never abuse his name by using it as a swear word? Why did she have to include over 200 instances of foul and blasphemous language? There is no need for such language. I certainly won’t be reading any more of her books. I challenge her to write a book without such awful language.

I didn't enjoy reading "The Girl on the Train". The main reason was because of the proliferation of foul language. I counted as many as 89 such words. They are simply not necessary. I can't say I particularly enjoyed the story line either. So, Paula, next time you decide to write a book, try to do it without using such unnecessary foul language.

Found it uninteresting - definitely not a page turner!

As other reviewers have said, this book is about what could happen in the future with regard climate change. It presents some ways that this challenge might be tackled. There is no story line as such. The chapters are more like a series of tableaus. However, my big complaint about this book is the exceedingly high number of dreadful swear words that it contains. In its 563 pages there are 101 swear words which is roughly one every five pages. They are simply not necessary. It makes me wonder what dirt and filth fills Kim Stanley Robinson's mind.