The Woman in the Window: A Novel
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“As the plot seizes us, the prose caresses us. . . [Finn] has not only captured, sympathetically, the interior life of a depressed person, but also written a riveting thriller that will keep you guessing to the very last sentence.” — Washington Post
The #1 bestseller that gripped the world, selling millions of copies around the globe – a tour-de-force Hitchcockian thriller about an agoraphobic woman who believes she witnessed a crime in a neighboring house.
It isn’t paranoia if it’s really happening . . .
Anna Fox lives alone—a recluse in her New York City home, unable to venture outside. She spends her day drinking wine (maybe too much), watching old movies, recalling happier times . . . and spying on her neighbors.
Then the Russells move into the house across the way: a father, mother, their teenaged son. The perfect family. But when Anna, gazing out her window one night, sees something she shouldn’t, her world begins to crumble and its shocking secrets are laid bare.
What is real? What is imagined? Who is in danger? Who is in control? In this diabolically gripping domestic thriller, no one—and nothing—is what it seems. Is Anna an unreliable narrator, or is she the only one who knows the truth?
Twisty and powerful, ingenious and moving, The Woman in the Window is a smart, sophisticated novel of psychological suspense that recalls the best of Hitchcock.
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Readers say *The Woman in the Window* offers a gripping psychological thriller with a compelling, unreliable narrator and intriguing plot twists. Many...
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!
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