Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

The Women in the Window by A.J. Finn

209 reviews

ireneb2006's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting

Minor: Child death

michelleklejmont's review against another edition

4.25

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Super fast paced book, read it in less than a day, almost one sitting! Unreliable narrator and lots of suspense, twists and turns.

I am not however a fan of the kid being the bad guy at the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Alcohol

ellainalisa's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Mental illness

Moderate: Cursing, Murder

taelights's review against another edition

4.0

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This book was way better than I had imagined going into it. The plot was very interesting and there were so many twists that I did not see coming. Anna did get on my nerves a bit but I also felt very bad for her throughout the book. But some of her actions really made me so annoyed at her. It was overall a very fun read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

tomato_bisque's review against another edition

3.0

dark hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I enjoyed the first half of the book more than the end.

It lost me in the last few chapters when it became a Primal Fear (1996) twist.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Car accident, Gaslighting, Alcohol

Moderate: Child death, Death, Drug use, Sexism, Blood, Medical content, Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty, Stalking

klubbgodis's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Car accident

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Stalking, Murder

Minor: Child death

kerryac's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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All my predictions turned out to be correct and yet I’m still rating it high because it was so well done. I loved the unique narration and storytelling with the online forums, and there was never a moment that I wasn’t fully invested. Justice for Punch! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse

konstantina's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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An excellent example of a well written psychological thriller.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Medical content, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Torture, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

kbea88's review against another edition

3.25

dark mysterious 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: Yes

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I get like this dragged on for so many pages and although I started to predict the ending, it still surprised me a little. Not great, not terrible. I couldn’t not picture Evan Peters as Ethan toward the end, which ruined it for me a bit. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use

Moderate: Child death

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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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, Injury/Injury detail