This post contains SPOILERS for both the movie and book versions of "The Girl on the Train."

Director Tate Taylor’s portrayal of Paula Hawkins’ best-selling novel “The Girl on the Train” offers a one of a kind emotional thriller experience. The movie was released on October 7, starring Emily Blunt, Haley Bennett and Rebecca Ferguson.

The movie is divided into different perspectives just like the book, telling the story of three troubled women: Rachel Watson (Emily Blunt), Megan Hipwell (Haley Bennett) and Anna Watson (Rebecca Ferguson).

The filmmakers did a decent job following the book. However, like most transitions from page to screen, “The Girl on the Train” fails to incorporate scenes that are found in the novel. The following is a list of six ways the movie differs from the book.

1. It’s set in the suburbs of New York City instead of the suburbs of London. This information has been public knowledge since the summer, but it doesn’t really affect anything but the characters’ accents. Emily Blunt’s character Rachel retains her British accent though.

2. Rachel’s drink of choice is vodka instead of gin. In the book, Rachel spent her fake commutes chugging canned gin and tonic, which is apparently a thing you can purchase in a store using your real money. Depending on your point of view, her movie choice is either better or more tragic — straight vodka poured into a giant water bottle.

3. Scott and Rachel’s relationship isn’t quite as developed as it was in the book. Rachel still inserts herself into Scott’s life by claiming to be a friend of Megan’s, but she never meets his mother, or shares a bed with him.

4. Dr. Kamal Abdic's role. In both the novel and the film, Megan's therapist Kamal plays a supporting character in the plot line. However, in the novel Megan makes it seem like Kamal is starting to return some of the affection she has for him. They kiss a few times, usually prompted by Megan but also by Kamal. In the film, Kamal is more firm in his resistance of Megan. Also, the number of times Rachel goes to see Kamal later on in the book when she wants to know more about him, is downplayed.

5. Tom’s history of lying is slightly different. Rachel eventually figures out that Tom is playing her, Anna, and pretty much every woman he’s ever met, but in the book, this deception is a little more fleshed out. Rachel thinks that she never met Tom’s parents because he was estranged from them, but that turned out to be a lie too. In the movie, there are no parents at all.

6. Lisa Kudrow's character Martha and her role in Rachel's realization. In the novel, Rachel begins to realize that Tom was not honest about what happened while she was intoxicated. After conversations with Kamal, her therapist, Rachel discovers that the reason her memories of her feelings don't match up with what Tom told her she was feeling is because Tom was inventing situations. In the film, Martha helps Rachel realize Tom was lying.

I thought this was a good movie based on a fantastic book. I always believe that books are much better than the movies based on books. However, this movie did a decent job of bringing the book to life. I highly recommend reading the Hawkins’ novel before seeing this movie.