Reviews with content warning for Drug abuse - The Woman in the Window

If you like this genre this book will probably be a 5/5 for you! I liked that the plot twists had enough clues sprinkled throughout the book that helped keep suspense without giving the ending away AND without the plot twists feeling unbelievable.

I felt like the female detective and the psychiatrists actions don’t totally make sense to me. The main character was suspected of having a very serious episode of hallucinations and the psychiatrist did very little to intervene. He can’t exactly just show up on her door step and he had left multiple messages but she could have been suspected as a danger to herself or her neighbors and it didn’t seem to be taken seriously enough by the police or her psychiatrist. The police brought the neighbors into the house to talk with Anna but not the psychiatrist? Also the female officer kind of felt like she was there to exist but didn’t act as though she cared about the situation. She actually came off annoyed that this woman either witnessed a murder OR was having a psychiatric episode. The officer would need to believe one or the other but I have a hard time believing that she would think that Anna is making it up for fun? Which is how her character read which didn’t make sense to me.

I loved the film scenes being used throughout the book - it built tension and echoed some of Anna’s suspicions and fears.

I wish we saw more of Alistair deteriorating after Ethan kills his mom. we only really saw him get violent with Anna once in desperation and then Anna mentions him drinking a beer on the couch. I would have liked to see more of that through Anna’s eyes watching the house but also that’s hard because we only have her point of view so I’m not sure if there would’ve been a believable way to do more than what AJ Finn did.

Definitely would recommend this book ESPECIALLY if you’re in a reading slump! I couldn’t put it down.

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beesbookss's review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

2.0

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mushroom_princess's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This is my favorite book of all time. I literally couldn’t put it down. I love how the main character is written and the plot twists are sooo unexpected. The suspense killed me sometimes. I wouldn’t change anything about this book and I encourage everyone to read it.

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wonderfulxwonderful's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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madi622's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

if you like a slow-paced thriller this book is for you. the plot twist at the end was quite surprising, i didn't see it coming. the main character anna wasn't exactly my favorite but, i grew more fond of her towards the end of the story.

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hleary's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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