Rachel Watson in The Girl on the Train

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fictional character novel protagonist unreliable narrator

Rachel Watson is the troubled, alcoholic protagonist and unreliable narrator of Paula Hawkins’ psychological thriller "The Girl on the Train," whose obsession with her ex-husband and his new family entangles her in a missing-person investigation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
novel protagonist ⓘ
unreliable narrator ⓘ
appearsInWork The Girl on the Train ⓘ
The Girl on the Train ⓘ
surface form: The Girl on the Train (2016 film)
centralThemeRelation addiction ⓘ
domestic violence ⓘ
memory and perception ⓘ
commutesBetween Ashbury and Euston ⓘ
contacts Scott Hipwell ⓘ
createdBy Paula Hawkins ⓘ
discovers Tom Watson’s guilt in Megan’s murder ⓘ
emotionallyAttachedTo Tom Watson ⓘ
exSpouse Tom Watson ⓘ
filmPortrayalBy Emily Blunt ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
harasses Anna Watson ⓘ
Tom Watson ⓘ
hasAlcoholUseDisorder true ⓘ
hasInfertilityStruggle true ⓘ
hasKeyTrait depressed ⓘ
lonely ⓘ
obsessive ⓘ
self-destructive ⓘ
hasMemoryBlackouts true ⓘ
idealizes Megan Hipwell ⓘ
involvedIn Megan Hipwell disappearance case ⓘ
isAssaultedBy Tom Watson ⓘ
isGaslitBy Tom Watson ⓘ
kills Tom Watson ⓘ
liesTo Scott Hipwell ⓘ
maritalStatus divorced ⓘ
narrativePerspective unreliable ⓘ
narrativeRole first-person narrator ⓘ
observesFromTrain Megan Hipwell ⓘ
Tom Watson’s house ⓘ
obsessedWith Tom Watson ⓘ
Tom Watson’s new family ⓘ
occupation former public relations worker ⓘ
pretendsToBe friend of Megan Hipwell ⓘ
residence Barnsbury ⓘ
surface form: Ashbury, a London suburb
rival Anna Watson ⓘ
settingCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: United Kingdom (novel)

United States (film adaptation) ⓘ
suspects Scott Hipwell ⓘ
travelsBy commuter train ⓘ
wasCheatedOnBy Tom Watson ⓘ
weaponUsed corkscrew ⓘ

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Emily Blunt → portrayed → Rachel Watson in The Girl on the Train ⓘ