Reviews with content warning for Sexual content - The Woman in the Window

This is a not spectacular book that does what it says on the tin. I think this genre is rather overpopulated - and you could probably find one where it’s done better than this.

The first half I found rather boring. The second half I raced through to find out what happened.

I felt disappointed by the plot - I don’t think it was cleverly enough done - it wasn’t really a puzzle the readers could work out. It was also grim in a not fun way - there were hints of sexual violence that just took this away from campy thriller to yikes plz stop and the protagonists backstory is just so over the top sad it is unnecessary.

The side characters aren’t particularly developed - they felt one dimensional.

The writing was also disappointing (a lot of not good similes.) I also caught on to the author being a man on the second page bc of a very weird passage describing a woman in a way only a male author describes a woman - yes of course her “breasts” and bra were mentioned.

It does what you want a thriller to do and keeps you hooked but I can’t say I’m overly satisfied or that it’s overly memorable.

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abitofapoet's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

holy crap, this book was a rollercoaster. just when i thought i had something figured out, another plot twist knocked me off my feet. and that last twits literally made me sick to my stomach. A little slow paced at the beginning but TOTALLY worth it if you want to read a good thriller.

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a_robin_reads's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Information:

Library book & Storytel audiobook
Choose your own adventure challenge from the Goodreads group: Middle grade madness

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Review:

What an awesome thriller! Loved the slow build and the twists at the end. Loved Anna as a character as well and really learned something from her.

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Review previously placed on my blog:

I read The woman in the window by AJ Finn. I read this book for the Choose your own adventure challenge from the Goodreads group: Middle grade madness.

I also loved this book! Going very well, mood reading is doing me good :). I enjoyed this book a lot, because most of the time women get portrayed really annoying I think, but in this one that wasn't the case. In this one, Anna the MC, was very vulnerable and it makes sense how she reacts. It feels way more real then other thrillers I've read with a female MC (for example: the girl in the train). The story itself was a slow build, but I really liked that in this one, because you really got to know Anna well. I loooved the twist! It was so good! Therefore I gave this 5 stars, it was awesome. Audiobook was also very good, highly recommend.

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