Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn

63 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

shaleen64's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This book is really well paced, the short chapters keep you engaged and the writing style is easy to follow. Whilst I would argue one of the main twists was fairly easy to guess (if you read thrillers regularly) I did not see the ending coming and for that reason did not feel disappointed. It’s a thriller worth the read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Gaslighting, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Murder, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Medical trauma

Minor: Infertility and Stalking

megan_mac_'s review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Wow! I didn't expect to love this book so much! The main character captured my heart right away (and surprisingly there were many parts that had me laughing out loud which feels so inappropriate for the themes of the book, but this author is very gifted). Couldn't put it down!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Mental illness

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Drug abuse, Addiction, Car accident, Murder, Stalking, Death, and Gaslighting

Minor: Infertility

callistabanks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This book was actually really good. There were a couple of twists, I saw a few of them coming, but the end one got me good. I did not expect that ending at all. It was a wild ride and I loved having it come from the perspective of Anna, she seemed a tad unreliable because of the pills and the alcohol but it made it super interesting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Alcohol, Violence, Alcoholism, and Addiction

Moderate: Child death, Medical trauma, Drug use, Stalking, Grief, Drug abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, and Infidelity

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

k_coston's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Alcohol, Addiction, Stalking, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Drug abuse, Murder, Domestic abuse, and Eating disorder

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

missgrangerr's review

dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child death, Car accident, and Death

emily_koopmann's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Violence

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Mental illness

Minor: Drug use and Alcohol

lenkaengels's review against another edition

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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Alcohol

Moderate: Car accident, Child abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal cruelty

heydri's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Car accident, Alcohol, Mental illness, Stalking, and Death of parent