Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn

41 reviews

taylorrudolph's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Car accident, Cursing, Drug use, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Physical abuse

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: Car accident, Child death, and Death

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

juliaminer's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

4.0

great book. some plot holes and could have been written a bit better.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Car accident, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, and Violence

joyfayrweather's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

I liked the twists in this book, just not my favorite. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Animal cruelty, Blood, Car accident, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, and Gore

gloriazthompson's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcoholism, Death, Child death, Violence, Car accident, Addiction, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Stalking

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

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, Murder, and Violence

ripxw's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Infidelity, and Mental illness

Moderate: Child abuse and Murder

Minor: Car accident

mermaidslace's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

I love the twists here and would recommend this to anyone who likes thrillers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Car accident, Infidelity, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcoholism

Minor: Child abuse

thatpine's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

4.25

There were times this book felt really slow and tedious. But the majority of the time I was completely hooked. I couldn’t get through it fast enough because I was dying to know what happened. The twists definitely kept me guessing, and it was a great thriller.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, and Violence

leahrosereads's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

This one started off slow, fair warning.  It took around 120 pages to get interesting, and honestly, that's just too many pages to build a character for me.  After that though, this book really took off.  Unfortunately, I didn't like most aspects of it.  While I'm not an avid reader of the thriller/mystery genres, I was able to guess most every twist, without trying, and that always really bums me out.  I prefer to be shocked, and I just wasn't here. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Grief, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Grief

Minor: Body shaming and Animal cruelty