A review by neferpitoo
The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn

2.0

It was alright.

The good: Very engaging in the middle, and I think the author is great at gradually revealing information and foreshadowing. Things I initially marked as things that annoyed me make perfect sense in retrospect. The day-by-day format and short chapter lengths are great at conveying the mental state of the protagonist. I also really liked the characterization of certain characters.

The not so good: The writing felt very stiff and repetitive at points, and a lot of the book was reminiscent of Gone Girl and especially The Woman on the Train. Unfortunately, for me it came across as formulaic way too often. My biggest issues were something that happens towards the end which really made me lose interest and the fact that it didn't really feel like the setting made sense? By this, I mean that the characters are supposed to be living in these multimillion dollar NYC houses but it sometimes felt like they were just in some random suburb. Also, the protagonist is really stupid. Like, REALLY stupid. Like, earth-shatteringly stupid. It was very often frustrating to read, which might have been the point but I didn't enjoy the way I had to keep watching her waffle around situations that I saw coming from a mile away.

My rating: 2 stars: glad I read it, but not a huge fan.