Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn

22 reviews

keijiwolf's review

dark mysterious sad tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Murder, Alcoholism, Blood, Cursing, Alcohol, Car accident, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide, Child death, Infidelity, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, and Animal cruelty

beesbookss's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Drug use, Infidelity, Child death, Ableism, Blood, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Stalking, Mental illness, Car accident, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

grave_liminal's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Would have been rated higher, around 3 stars, however, the author is a disgusting person. Many people have dropped their ratings on his actions alone. However, the storyline for the book is practically stolen from a movie titled Rear Window. If you are unfamiliar with old films, you will miss  out on a lot of references and they get old after a while. 

For a 430 paged book, the true tense thrill didn’t start until around chapter 92 (roughly about 50 pages until the end) out of 100 chapters. This entire book focuses on the main character’s grief, denial, and severely irresponsible drinking problem. This book is also almost entirely single-location based on the character’s agoraphobia. While the book itself can keep you wondering who’s the murderer, some find it predictable. I also found myself being correct about most of the plot twists. The action in the story is very minimal and slow paced. If it weren’t for wanting to know who the killer was, I would have DNFed it for the pure waste of half the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Grief, Car accident, Alcoholism, and Cursing

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Infidelity, and Murder

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

mfrabbiele's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Cursing, Addiction, Drug use, Stalking, Child death, Alcoholism, Car accident, and Alcohol

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

ava_calva's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

⭑ ⭑ ⭑ ⭑.5/5
“𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝘄𝗮𝗿 𝘇𝗼𝗻𝗲, 𝗮 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱, 𝗮𝗶𝗿-𝗸𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽, 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝗻-𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗽𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗺𝗯𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘀.”
 

Still in a shock over this book so here are a few of my thoughts: 

- The dialogue was written so well and flowed naturally. 10/10
- Somehow Nick is one of my favorite characters, don’t ask why
- Anna kicking >>>> 
- the way the writing format changes on chapter 99 >>> ah I loved that. It fit with her state of mind and sense

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Eating disorder and Stalking

hailhail's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Child death, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Car accident, Drug abuse, Violence, Domestic abuse, Death, and Gaslighting

ellainalisa's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Death

Moderate: Murder and Cursing

taelights's review against another edition

4.0

This book was way better than I had imagined going into it. The plot was very interesting and there were so many twists that I did not see coming. Anna did get on my nerves a bit but I also felt very bad for her throughout the book. But some of her actions really made me so annoyed at her. It was overall a very fun read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Violence

konstantina's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

An excellent example of a well written psychological thriller.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Medical trauma, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Child death, Chronic illness, Gaslighting, Medical content, and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Stalking, and Torture

nerdglasses08's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Car accident, Child death, Cursing, Death, and Murder