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3.11 AVERAGE
3.11 AVERAGE
challenging
emotional
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
What did i just read?!?!?! I enjoyed The Woman In The Window, but this book was mind-boggling. The writing style is terrible, leaving me feeling confused, like what am I missing.??? The ending twist was good, but I was so bored and confused by the writing that I didn’t care about the big reveal.
Mystery is not my go-to genre but I really enjoyed this book club pick! I won't say too much about the book to not spoil it for anyone, but I will say I figured outâ¦somethingâ¦a little over halfway through the book and once I had it in my head, it felt obvious throughout the rest of the story.
3.5 stars rounded up to 4.
I really like the idea behind this book, the twist was wonderful, and I love how it was written. However, I feel that the ending was so random and the author was just tying up loose ends that he almost forgot about. It almost felt like reading a grocery list and crossing off everything you got.
I really like the idea behind this book, the twist was wonderful, and I love how it was written. However, I feel that the ending was so random and the author was just tying up loose ends that he almost forgot about. It almost felt like reading a grocery list and crossing off everything you got.
Loved it, my favourite murder mystery of the last two years, easily. This is a mystery+ novel, with an entire family as a central character that's broken in so many ways, over a long period.
I think it's time I read the first AJ Finn book, too.
I think it's time I read the first AJ Finn book, too.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
First and foremost, this is an upmarket "psychological suspense" novel; the dense prose dips into the purple realm and you are bombarded with quotes from Classic writers and flowery literary tangents about life in every paragraph; the author has done too much of everything so we the reader suffer from this turgid mess.
There's no denying that AJ Finn is extremely talented in prose, character, and plot; some of the lines were spectacular and the way a few characters were developed was awesome. However, the novel was deprived of thrills and action, and the wordiness of the sentences bogged the pacing and made reading confusing. The witty repartee was cool at first but after 400 pages of Finn showing his cleverness through his characters, it became draining.
This novel felt masturbatory, Finn really went ham on the thesaurus, wanting to show off his literary skills at the expense of everything else. He could have benefitted from a sharp editor, but I guess after the recent scandals, his publisher did the bare minimum for this book if anything at all.
There's no denying that AJ Finn is extremely talented in prose, character, and plot; some of the lines were spectacular and the way a few characters were developed was awesome. However, the novel was deprived of thrills and action, and the wordiness of the sentences bogged the pacing and made reading confusing. The witty repartee was cool at first but after 400 pages of Finn showing his cleverness through his characters, it became draining.
This novel felt masturbatory, Finn really went ham on the thesaurus, wanting to show off his literary skills at the expense of everything else. He could have benefitted from a sharp editor, but I guess after the recent scandals, his publisher did the bare minimum for this book if anything at all.
3.5 plot twist was more of a bendy curve. Pace was a little slow but overall plot/characters were enjoyable.
dark
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
mysterious
tense
medium-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
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes