Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn

6 reviews

rsagarin's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Ableism, Car accident, and Child death

Moderate: Murder, Animal cruelty, Blood, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Stalking, Misogyny, Violence, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Classism, Cursing, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail

jes_reads00's review

dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gaslighting, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Addiction, Drug use, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Violence, Car accident, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, and Stalking

Minor: Sexual content

franksreads's review

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Stalking, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, Addiction, Violence, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Grief, Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Confinement, Chronic illness, Racism, Child death, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Racial slurs

reading_binosaur's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Took me a little while to get into the story but once you’re in, you’re IN! 

Had to take away a star though because the largest character flaw is the fact that Anna is “delusional” because she’s an agoraphobe and is an alcoholic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, and Animal cruelty

schrammanda's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Gaslighting, Car accident, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Grief, Mental illness, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

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