The Woman in the Window: A Novel
For readers of Gillian Flynn and Tana French comes one of the decade’s most anticipated debuts, published in forty-one languages around the world and in development as a major film from Fox: a twisty, powerful Hitchcockian thriller about an agoraphobic woman who believes she witnessed a crime in a neighboring house.
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Readers say *The Woman in the Window* is a gripping psychological thriller with strong character work and effective tension-building. Many praise its ...
Plot twist, after plot twist after plot twist!! The main question I have in my mind is about Alistair. I wonder if Alistair had broken into her house because he found out that Ethan was going there at night and wanted her to up her security and put in extra locks or something.
This thriller has been compared to Gone Girl (which I couldn’t stand) and Girl on the Train (which I never read probably because it was compared to Gone Girl). The Woman in the Window is a fairly fast paced read which in no way was like Gone Girl. The main character although an unreliable narrator was likable/sympathetic and a well developed character. I thought the old movie references added to the story line. The twists were many but somewhat predictable which is why I gave it 3 Stars.
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.)
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!
I read alot of thrillers, I read more books than the average; so if you are like me DO NOT READ THIS BOOK
This book was such a bad thriller it is the most predictable book I have ever read. I have never been gifted a book and immediately thrown it away after reading it. I respect literature I don't dog ear and I don't highlight. Im proud of my massive shelf filled with books.
Never in my life would I think a book like this would ever get published.
This book was such a bad thriller it is the most predictable book I have ever read. I have never been gifted a book and immediately thrown it away after reading it. I respect literature I don't dog ear and I don't highlight. Im proud of my massive shelf filled with books.
Never in my life would I think a book like this would ever get published.
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