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dark
mysterious
tense
slow-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
"I wasn’t hallucinating,” I hiss. My words tumble as they flee my mouth, land on their sides. “I wasn’t imagining things. I’m not insane."
5/5 stars
What a brilliant psychological thriller! I was intrigued by the synopsis immediately, and I honestly could not be any more glad that I ended up reading this.
Although it was very slow paced, I enjoyed reading all of it. All of the plot twists had me gobsmacked!
I absolutely cannot wait to watch the movie.
Would without a doubt recommend this book! 💖
more quotes I liked:
Watching is like nature photography: You don’t interfere with the wildlife.
A strap was cinched hard around her chest, and when she inhaled it tightened, collapsing her lungs, flattening her ribs, keeping her from drawing enough air to scream.
She was facing nothing, looking at nothing, surrounded by a darkness so profound she couldn’t tell if her eyes were open or closed.
The house has closed its eyes. Screwed them shut.
“See?” I tell her. “They don’t want me looking in anymore.” “I don’t blame them.”
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Mental illness
dark
tense
slow-paced
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Good building of suspense; there were parts of the plot that seemed like they were supposed to be kinda twisty but felt really predictable/obvious, but other parts that kept me guessing. The whole book takes place over a span of two weeks, which I liked about it. I added a handful of content warnings - I think that all of these topics were handled well by the author, but for those who are sensitive to these topics, the warnings are there nonetheless.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Grief
Moderate: Drug abuse, Infidelity
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief
Moderate: Child death, Death, Grief
Minor: Animal cruelty, Body shaming
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
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Information:
- Library book & Storytel audiobook
- Choose your own adventure challenge from the Goodreads group: Middle grade madness
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Review:
What an awesome thriller! Loved the slow build and the twists at the end. Loved Anna as a character as well and really learned something from her.
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Review previously placed on my blog:
I read The woman in the window by AJ Finn. I read this book for the Choose your own adventure challenge from the Goodreads group: Middle grade madness.
I also loved this book! Going very well, mood reading is doing me good :). I enjoyed this book a lot, because most of the time women get portrayed really annoying I think, but in this one that wasn't the case. In this one, Anna the MC, was very vulnerable and it makes sense how she reacts. It feels way more real then other thrillers I've read with a female MC (for example: the girl in the train). The story itself was a slow build, but I really liked that in this one, because you really got to know Anna well. I loooved the twist! It was so good! Therefore I gave this 5 stars, it was awesome. Audiobook was also very good, highly recommend.
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Animal cruelty, Sexual content, Medical trauma
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical content, Grief
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A page-turner, very tense but not sure how I felt about the twist ending a psychopath twist always feels like a cop out, because it inherently "comes out of nowhere"
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Murder
One day, I'll find a thriller with an agoraphobic main character written with skill and empathy. This was not that thriller. AJ Finn seems to feel contempt for most of his characters, which really isn't my favorite vibe. The writing was fine, the plot was average, and I experienced about equal measures of frustration and suspense. It's a decent book to get you through a flight or train ride, but I don't think this is an author I'll be returning to any time soon.
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It was *fine* The author clearly took one too many film classes in Uni and decided he wanted to ride Hitch's.... anyways.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Mental illness