Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn

20 reviews

skrafty's review

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Child death

ireneb2006's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Great book. Really suspenseful, and a lot of great plot twists. Starts off kind of slow, then speeds up at an exponential rate. Finished this book in a couple days; one i did not want to put down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Drug abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Gaslighting, Stalking, and Murder

Minor: Child death

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

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I accidentally watched the movie first so the ending was somewhat spoiled for me, however, the book was still worth the read. It is action packed, devastating, and thrilling. Dr. Fox is a character you are desperate to love despite her flaws. The story in unique and disturbing. I had trouble putting this one down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gaslighting, and Drug use

pastry's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.0

Oh, this is the kind of unreliable narrator I LIVE for. I did guess some of the twists, but not the big one at the end, and it was all so well done and so well done executed, I am amazed, wow.

Edit from 9.08.2021: I actually read up a little bit on the author, and he doesn't seem to be the greatest dude, which has left me with a bitter taste in my mouth whenever I think about this book now. And, as often happens with me, in further hindsight, I'm not as amazed by it anymore - it's a good book for sure, but I don't know if we can really class the narrator as unreliable, at least I can't. By the simple premise of the book you can pretty much guess from the start that what Anna witnesses did actually happen and she didn't imagine it - I never really doubted her, it was just a question of how exactly it all went down. So yeah, changing my rating again, as I often do. Oh well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Car accident, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, and Violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, and Medical content

karotym's review

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Car accident, Domestic abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Sexual content, Stalking, and Violence

kmckibben's review

emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, and Violence

gloriazthompson's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcoholism, Death, Child death, Violence, Car accident, Addiction, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Stalking

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

rosita's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I was trapped in the book, the same way that the protagonist is trapped in her house. I seriously couldnt put it down, and finished it very fast.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Car accident, Child death, Confinement, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Ableism, Infidelity, Medical content, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, and Stalking

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, and Fatphobia