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

dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

If you like this genre this book will probably be a 5/5 for you!  I liked that the plot twists had enough clues sprinkled throughout the book that helped keep suspense without giving the ending away AND without the plot twists feeling unbelievable.  

I felt like the female detective and the psychiatrists actions don’t totally make sense to me.  The main character was suspected of having a very serious episode of hallucinations and the psychiatrist did very little to intervene.  He can’t exactly just show up on her door step and he had left multiple messages but she could have been suspected as a danger to herself or her neighbors and it didn’t seem to be taken seriously enough by the police or her psychiatrist.  The police brought the neighbors into the house to talk with Anna but not the psychiatrist?  Also the female officer kind of felt like she was there to exist but didn’t act as though she cared about the situation.  She actually came off annoyed that this woman either witnessed a murder OR was having a psychiatric episode.  The officer would need to believe one or the other but I have a hard time believing that she would think that Anna is making it up for fun?  Which is how her character read which didn’t make sense to me.  

I loved the film scenes being used throughout the book - it built tension and echoed some of Anna’s suspicions and fears. 

I wish we saw more of Alistair deteriorating after Ethan kills his mom.  we only really saw him get violent with Anna once in desperation and then Anna mentions him drinking a beer on the couch.  I would have liked to see more of that through Anna’s eyes watching the house but also that’s hard because we only have her point of view so I’m not sure if there would’ve been a believable way to do more than what AJ Finn did. 
 

Definitely would recommend this book ESPECIALLY if you’re in a reading slump!  I couldn’t put it down.
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