Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn

70 reviews

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

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

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Blood, and Abandonment

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

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

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

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: Addiction and Violence

Minor: Blood

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, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Grief, Stalking, and Car accident

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

kboogie's review against another edition

dark 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Car accident, and Murder

Minor: Addiction

juliarenae's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

absolutely one of the best books i have ever read. the plot twists, characters, and plot are amazing. definitely different from what i was expecting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Car accident, Murder, and Gaslighting

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

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty and Stalking

frantically's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-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

2.5

is it really a thriller if the ending doesn't make any sense and wasn't hinted at whatsoever

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Violence, Grief, and Car accident

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Death, and Infidelity

Minor: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

keijiwolf's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense

• 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, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child death, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, and Injury/Injury detail