Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn

25 reviews

itsheyfay's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Stalking, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child death, Misogyny, Car accident, and Death of parent

beesbookss's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Blood, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I accidentally watched the movie first so the ending was somewhat spoiled for me, however, the book was still worth the read. It is action packed, devastating, and thrilling. Dr. Fox is a character you are desperate to love despite her flaws. The story in unique and disturbing. I had trouble putting this one down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

leyla_maleyla's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Mental illness

Moderate: Confinement and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal cruelty, Child death, and Infidelity

pastry's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.0

Oh, this is the kind of unreliable narrator I LIVE for. I did guess some of the twists, but not the big one at the end, and it was all so well done and so well done executed, I am amazed, wow.

Edit from 9.08.2021: I actually read up a little bit on the author, and he doesn't seem to be the greatest dude, which has left me with a bitter taste in my mouth whenever I think about this book now. And, as often happens with me, in further hindsight, I'm not as amazed by it anymore - it's a good book for sure, but I don't know if we can really class the narrator as unreliable, at least I can't. By the simple premise of the book you can pretty much guess from the start that what Anna witnesses did actually happen and she didn't imagine it - I never really doubted her, it was just a question of how exactly it all went down. So yeah, changing my rating again, as I often do. Oh well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, and Medical content

cduck's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Car accident

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Violence

kmckibben's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

kbergsten's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, and Murder

andreia's review against another edition

tense medium-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

2.0

meh. i guess i might recommend this to someone who hasn't read many thrillers/mysteries before and is easily surprised. otherwise, this is so unnecessarily long that you can pretty much predict every plot twist because you have more than enough time to pick up and reflect on all the not-so-subtle clues. i didn't exactly see that very last plot twist coming but it felt like such a cliche cop out that it just made me roll my eyes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Violence, and Murder

queenfury's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

1.0

This was a mess of a book for me, full of cliches, predictable "twists," and unlikable characters.

The writing was not very good, either. The similes were numerous, awkward, and unnecessary, and I knew immediately that the author was a man (every woman the narrator sees had her breasts mentioned at least once). The editor(s) needed to go through the manuscript a few more times, as I found quite a lot of the prose added nothing to neither the story nor Anna's character.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Car accident

Minor: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, and Violence

Extreme gaslighting of main character by everyone around her.