The Woman in the Window: A Novel

It has been a very long time since a book caused me to have my jaw on the floor in disbelief. Loved this psychological thriller and the many twists and turns it takes the readers through. Anna can sometimes appear as an unreliable narrator causing the reader to doubt the storyline and characters within. The author does an amazing job at drawing the readers in and keeping them hooked until the very last page.

Five stars for the beginning of the book, where we meet Anna Fox and discover she is housebound because of a sudden agoraphobia after a traumatic incident almost a year earlier. She keeps herself entertained by watching old black & white movies and spying on her neighbors. We gradually learn more details about her life and her condition. Then we realize she may not be a reliable narrator. Should we trust what she says?
I was so caught up in her story in the beginning and the suspense of what would happen next, or what happened next in the story of her past that led her to this current state, that I just did not want to put the book down!
Aaaaaaand then it went off the rails... Yes, on a crazy train! Too bad.
(Now it'll be a movie that will probably REALLY make a farce out of it, a la Gone Girl.)

This suspense/thriller absolutely had everything you could want as a reader. The unreliable narrator with a traumatic history and specific disorder pulls you along through a mysterious and unusual life. Her curiosities pull you in and logic doesn't have a leg to stand on sometimes but really... did that just happen? Well done by the author with lots of clues and references to keep you hooked throughout. And that ending! Do yourself a favor and read it!

This book is a 3.75 I could not put it down. It was fun trying to figure it all out. I was able to guess at many of the twists. The book had way too much talk about old movies. I love old movies but it went on and on about them. The writing style was a bit campy at times. This book is like Harry Potter in that the author pulls from lots of other stories, fables and plot lines. He was able to rearrange these many stories into one of his own that is a hit. I do recommend it.

The first few pages were intriguing, then it slowed down—but somehow still kept me wondering. And then, suddenly, it was what is going on?!—in the best way possible. Not everything seen through the window is as it seems… A chilling mystery full of suspense, paranoia, and shocking twists. 🤯