Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

The Women in the Window by A.J. Finn

209 reviews

msennflinn's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Car accident

Moderate: Violence, Stalking, Murder

Minor: Blood

gloriazthompson's review against another edition

3.5

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Stalking, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

jackobotts's review against another edition

2.5

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Mental illness

kbergsten's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad fast-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

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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, Murder

andreia's review against another edition

2.0

tense medium-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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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, Murder

ingridpasker's review against another edition

2.0

dark emotional slow-paced

Loveable characters: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Stalking

ripxreads's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional 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, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness

Moderate: Child abuse, Murder

Minor: Car accident

queenfury's review against another edition

1.0

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

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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, Murder

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

Minor: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Violence

Extreme gaslighting of main character by everyone around her.

rosita's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I was trapped in the book, the same way that the protagonist is trapped in her house. I seriously couldnt put it down, and finished it very fast.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Ableism, Infidelity, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Stalking, Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Fatphobia

mermaidslace's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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

Minor: Child abuse