Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn

66 reviews

kaylee14's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Child death, Addiction, Death, Cursing, Alcoholism, Violence, Abandonment, and Car accident

Minor: Animal cruelty

chelle22's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Stalking, Child death, Murder, Confinement, Sexual content, Deadnaming, Death, Violence, Car accident, and Cursing

bookstwokathryn's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Addiction, and Death

Moderate: Drug use, Murder, and Animal cruelty

trexbexx's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

WOW!  Haven't read a book this fast in a long time. What a ride. Great writing and I was fully invested the entire time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Acephobia/Arophobia, Alcoholism, and Grief

Minor: Animal cruelty

ranjanireviewsreads's review against another edition

Very underwhelming and honestly, there is too much alcohol and drugs. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Blood, and Mental illness

MC with Agoraphobia

ferdie's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I cheered for Anna, I doubted Anna, and I was surprised by Anna. Overall, I enjoyed The Woman in the Window and connected with the characters just enough. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Car accident, Gaslighting, and Infidelity

Minor: Blood and Animal cruelty

smixter88's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Oh my gosh. I loved this book from the second I opened it to the very last page. I keep typing stuff and deleting it, because it will probably spoil the book. There is just so much I can say about this book. I was in such a huge reading slump, but this brought me out of it. I went in completely blind, as I do most of the time. I highly suggest doing that. As always, if you have triggers, you should check them before going in blind. This was just a great thriller. I found myself trying to solve a mystery. I felt compassion when necessary. The writing is 🤌🏻. You feel what you're supposed to feel. You gasp at all the right places. Maybe even hold a breath you didn't realize you were holding. 😂 What more can I say? Read it. 

⭐️ wasted my time
⭐️⭐️ not terrible but not great
⭐️⭐️⭐️ good, but wouldn't read again.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ really liked it and recommend it!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ absolutely loved it! Move it up on your TBR

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Car accident, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Death, Drug use, Grief, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

moraina's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Unreliable narrator being gaslit for a large portion of the book. Several twists - I thought I had it figured out but things kept changing, it really picked up in pace for the last 100 pages or so. Things wrapped up nicely at the end. I don’t know that I would ever reread this, so I am not giving it five stars, but it was quite entertaining.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Infidelity, Stalking, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Drug abuse, and Addiction

az_makro's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

- fast paced and easy to read writing style with short chapter 
- little bit too much about her drinking, but it showed her mental state clearly  
- good plot twist, I was not expecting (author toyed with readers emotions), - but the ending was not exactly connected to the story, it could have been the ending of any story and you would most likely not expect it
- possible to see into Anna’s thought, through both the writing style and her thoughts

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Alcohol, Grief, Mental illness, Abandonment, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Death, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Violence, Cursing, Animal cruelty, Blood, and Physical abuse

sc1398's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.75

I LOVED this book! The style of writing, the pace, the characters… I was hooked! This book got me out of a reading slump :)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Addiction

Minor: Blood