Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn

59 reviews

madi622's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Gore, Violence, Blood, Stalking, and Car accident

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Panic attacks/disorders

hleary's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, and Car accident

readinghavoc's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.25

This book was such a letdown. The concept is so interesting but it takes ~250 pages for anything worthwhile to happen. I feel like the author relied heavily on cheap thrills and shock value (I'm still annoyed that the whole opening is spent setting the scene for a story we never get the rest of. It was fine? I passively enjoyed it? But I think it really wasted its potential. Unreliable narrators can be so fun, but this story felt like the goalposts were constantly moving (not a perfect metaphor, but it captures the feeling). The family being dead was a great shock, and I thought it would be the turning point that redeemed the story, but the constant twists after that just felt really cheap, and the writing on Ethan at the end was so unbelievable that it just took me out of the book entirely. This was 3.5 stars before that. I don't understand what I was meant to walk away from this story with. There was no genuine satisfaction. I wouldn't recommend reading it, it's really nothing special and there are much better books to spend your time on. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Violence, and Car accident

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

mfrabbiele's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Stalking, Car accident, and Alcohol

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

ava_calva's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

⭑ ⭑ ⭑ ⭑.5/5
“𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝘄𝗮𝗿 𝘇𝗼𝗻𝗲, 𝗮 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱, 𝗮𝗶𝗿-𝗸𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽, 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝗻-𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗽𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗺𝗯𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘀.”
 

Still in a shock over this book so here are a few of my thoughts: 

- The dialogue was written so well and flowed naturally. 10/10
- Somehow Nick is one of my favorite characters, don’t ask why
- Anna kicking >>>> 
- the way the writing format changes on chapter 99 >>> ah I loved that. It fit with her state of mind and sense

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Eating disorder and Stalking

jmullins21's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Would have been five stars but I felt like the beginning of the book was dragged on n for 100 pages too many

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Blood

h0lyfool's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-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

3.75

the beginning of the book was interesting but slower than i would have liked. 

it started getting more interesting as the story progressed and kept me wanting to know more.
the ending was surprising and looking back, there were definitely clues scattered throughout the book which is very smart.
dr. anna fox is an intriguing character and while it is sometimes hard to understand her, you ultimately find yourself sympathizing with and rooting for her. 
the unreliable first person narrator is a very clever device to keep the reader guessing what‘s real and what‘s not. 
in the end, an enjoyable book that could have been better in some ways. still recommend it.

And if I don‘t want to die, I‘ve got to start living.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Stalking, and Car accident

lhodgson26's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This book gave me serious girl on the Train vibes with the women seeing a brutal murder from the window and no one believing it happened. I did guess from early on that Olivia and Ed had died and that Anna was in denial with their deaths so continued to speak to them. But mystery of what happened leading to the agrophobia along with the mystery of the women in the window had be transfixed. As even Anna was doubting herself and the amount of alcohol and drugs consumed did not help. The plot twist at the end was great with Ethan being a psychopath and stalking her after killing his birth mum and pretending to be the grandma with Agrophobia. A really good thriller and ill definetly watch the film. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, and Stalking

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

livimw's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, and Grief

Minor: Stalking