Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn

144 reviews

paulrichard's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child death and Mental illness

ireneb2006's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Great book. Really suspenseful, and a lot of great plot twists. Starts off kind of slow, then speeds up at an exponential rate. Finished this book in a couple days; one i did not want to put down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Stalking, Murder, and Gaslighting

Minor: Child death

jillylivingvialiterature's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Murder

ellainalisa's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, and Mental illness

Moderate: Cursing and Murder

abiiorsamantha's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

• Personally, I think this was overall a great thriller, it keeps you gripped as you read it and it uncovers the truths of the events that have happened.
• It is a first person point of view which makes you connect with the character more and feel as though you are on this journey with her which I found made it more enjoyable to read.
• The first half of the book is mainly getting to know characters and slowly uncovering a turn of events which I think paid off as in the end you <POSSIBLE SPOILER!!> may be betrayed by some characters that you grew to love and feel for <POSSIBLE SPOILER!!>
• I would recommend this to someone who is starting to get into thrillers as it's not necessarily too dark, it's also following a journey of a woman battling with anxiety linked with going outside and her mental health, so you really see the character development whilst also trying to solve the mystery of what happened

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Alcohol

mayukiiq's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

5.0

GRIPPING 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, and Car accident

Moderate: Alcohol

ratqueen1's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

Great suspense novel. TW: loss, grief, mental health

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Mental illness

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Grief

taelights's review against another edition

4.0

This book was way better than I had imagined going into it. The plot was very interesting and there were so many twists that I did not see coming. Anna did get on my nerves a bit but I also felt very bad for her throughout the book. But some of her actions really made me so annoyed at her. It was overall a very fun read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

kikis_shelf's review against another edition

mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

tomato_bisque's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

I enjoyed the first half of the book more than the end.

It lost me in the last few chapters when it became a Primal Fear (1996) twist.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Car accident, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child death, Death, Drug use, Sexism, Blood, Medical content, and Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty and Stalking