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The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn

147 reviews

vulpex's review against another edition

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

3.75

Some may find this book to be stereotypical of the genre, but I don't think it was that bad of a story. The narrator is unreliable, which I like, and the main character goes through a lot of relly challenging things that she must come to terms with before she must face the consequences of her own actions. I like this book, but disliked the fact that there was no real closure. The book is like 400 pages, all taking place in a span of two weeks? or so, yet after the finale, it jumps 6 weeks and no much is really said about the events leading up to the ending. There was abit of foreshadowing, throwing lovable characters under the bus, praising not so great ones, etc but I still enjoyed the read. 
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louberry360's review against another edition

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did not like the pedophilia and violence
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lhodgson26's review against another edition

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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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paulrichard's review against another edition

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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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ireneb2006's review against another edition

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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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jillylivingvialiterature's review against another edition

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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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ellainalisa's review against another edition

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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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abiiorsamantha's review against another edition

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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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mayukiiq's review against another edition

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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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ratqueen1's review against another edition

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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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