Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn

58 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

mganallirt's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child death, and Car accident

Minor: Murder

frantically's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-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

2.5

is it really a thriller if the ending doesn't make any sense and wasn't hinted at whatsoever

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Violence, Grief, and Car accident

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Death, and Infidelity

Minor: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

rfaab's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Drug abuse, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Animal cruelty

keijiwolf's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense

• 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, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child death, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, and Injury/Injury detail

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

mithy's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Car accident, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Animal cruelty

jmullins21's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Would have been five stars but I felt like the beginning of the book was dragged on n for 100 pages too many

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Blood

h0lyfool's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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

3.75

the beginning of the book was interesting but slower than i would have liked. 

it started getting more interesting as the story progressed and kept me wanting to know more.
the ending was surprising and looking back, there were definitely clues scattered throughout the book which is very smart.
dr. anna fox is an intriguing character and while it is sometimes hard to understand her, you ultimately find yourself sympathizing with and rooting for her. 
the unreliable first person narrator is a very clever device to keep the reader guessing what‘s real and what‘s not. 
in the end, an enjoyable book that could have been better in some ways. still recommend it.

And if I don‘t want to die, I‘ve got to start living.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Stalking, and Car accident

vulpex's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical trauma