Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn

65 reviews

rchltnnswd's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Death

Minor: Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Mental illness, Infidelity, and Grief

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

malloryhill10's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This is the book that got me out of a multi-year reading slump! Unexpected twists and crazy ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Car accident, Child death, Grief, and Mental illness

ekmoore11's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Death, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Murder, and Child death

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Suicide, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts

almond's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Alcohol

luckyone's review against another edition

sad slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Moderate: Car accident, Stalking, and Grief

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Death of parent, Cursing, Child death, Drug abuse, and Death

somelatenightreading's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Child death, Car accident, Death of parent, and Stalking

Minor: Animal cruelty

serendipity421's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Violence, Death, Stalking, Alcoholism, Car accident, Child death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Blood, and Cursing

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

beansbooksandbiology's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Child death, and Death

bloodredscar832's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I rather liked this book when I first read it. As someone that doesn’t read psychological thrillers often, I was surprised by all the plot twists and honestly, didn’t even realize that the narrator was unreliable. Or more accurately, I realized partway through but didn’t realize that was the word you could describe Anna Fox with.

The writing was descriptive, which I prefer, however I agree with other reviews saying this book could have been 100 pages less and still worked/ been even better. 

After reading, I looked at reviews and searched up the author, and just - wow. Yeah, I do not support him at all. I know that he probably shouldn’t affect the way that I view the book, but he does. What a terrible guy.

The only character I really liked at all was Ethan, and then the end happened, and umm, nevermind. I was also pretty bothered by the narrator and her constant alcohol consumption and lying to her doctor. She’s not supposed to be having her pills with alcohol, but she keeps doing it and then lies to her doctor about it. And like another review pointed out, everyone being there for her interview with the police was really unprofessional and didn’t make any sense.

All-in-all, it was good for what it was, but nowhere near the best psychological thriller I have read/ will read. If I had known anything about the movies that the protagonist was watching, I would have 100% been able to predict the plot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Chronic illness, Gaslighting, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Murder, Violence, Cursing, and Death

Minor: Stalking and Animal cruelty