Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn

146 reviews

louberry360's review against another edition

did not like the pedophilia and violence

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Violence

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

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