#1 New York Times Bestseller – Soon to be a Major Motion Picture starring Amy Adams, Julianne Moore, and Gary Oldman – Available on Netflix on May 14, 2021
“Astounding. Thrilling. Amazing.” —Gillian Flynn
“Unputdownable.” —Stephen King
“A dark, twisty confection.” —Ruth Ware
“Absolutely gripping.” —Louise Penny
For readers of Gillian Flynn and Tana French comes one of the decade’s most … Ware
“Absolutely gripping.” —Louise Penny
For readers of Gillian Flynn and Tana French comes one of the decade’s most anticipated debuts, to be published in thirty-six languages around the world and already in development as a major film from Fox: a twisty, powerful 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, a mother, their teenage 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 thriller, no one—and nothing—is what it seems.
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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This book was suspenseful throughout. An enjoyable weekend read.
A true page turner, kept you guessing till the end, wonderfully written with just enough characters to keep you focused.
This book is like an Alfred Hitchcock movie and coincidentally the main character watches a lot of Hitchcock.
Book was very good until the last 10% where the ‘killer’ had a 180 degree personality change…
It was an okay book. It seemed like I have read or watched something very similar before.
This book was a real page-turner. It kept me on the edge of my seat and entertained me at the same time. There were several twists that I definitely did not see coming.
This one really let me down. I should know by now that when a book is described with comparisons to Hitchcock I should run. But when they start throwing the kitchen sink of other author’s reviews at you from Gillian Flynn, Ruth Ware, and Stephen freakin-King? Are you serious? You buy it and try not to think of Alfred. It was tricky for me to subscribe to the premise to begin but it’s one of those tropes that comes with such predictability… more so because of the comparisons that try to sell the book. I wanted to not know the truth and to not predict the twists… but I have an overactive imagination so I spoiled my fun. There was a lot of repetition and moments that made me feel the author dumbed things down.
Wow: This is the kind of book a reader cracks open and then doesn’t put down. The voice is intimate and lively; the references to architecture, film and psychology resonate and educate; and the plot is as sneaky and psychologically rich as the Hitchcock movies the author repeatedly references. Definitely a book to share with friends that love mysteries, thrillers and the GONE GIRL/GIRL ON THE TRAIN/THE WIFE BETWEEN US genre.
I didn’t really care for it. Interesting plot twists, but too much mutual suspicion.
I know this book was very popular but I was not crazy about it. It just drug on and on and seemed to take so long to finally start getting to the Interesting parts. The end was a little surprising but not worth the time I spent reading this book
As a writer myself, I read books from that perspective. What first disturbed me was inventing words. Finn turns nouns into verbs, such as volt and loft, so that seemed pretentious. Also, I’m very careful about explaining implausibility. Anna Fox suffers from agoraphobia and abuse of pills and drugs. She lives alone and doesn’t appear to have any relatives—no mom, dad, etc to check on her. Also once she finally is out of her house she notices her windows are grimy. Big problem. The entire narrative depends on vivid views as she spies on her neighbors. This for me was the biggest drawback. The neighbors are across a park, even with a telephoto lens how can you see deep into rooms through a window? How can you hear a scream through closed windows and doors?
But these days books seem to bore me. At least this book kept me reading. Instead of using three stars to separate thoughts or time Finn created short chapters. One page chapters so the reader makes quick progress. In my novel Sunspots my MC is an actress and uses characters from movies and books to explain the narrative. Some readers didn’t like that. In this book, Finn uses old black and white movies to advance the narrative, but who today is familiar with these movies, with these actors? Yet Finn seems to get glowing reviews not concerned with this ploy.
Bottom line it kept my attention. I don’t read these kinds of books so I fell for the twists. Although, I got annoyed with all the detail on substance abuse and almost laughable personality switch on a main character at the denouement, I would recommend a read.
This book has many twists and turns with a surprise ending.
I thought this would be a re make (if you will) of Hitchcock. While there were some similarities, it was an original story with surprising twists and definite nail biting moments!
Best book I read in 2018.
kept me interested.
Kept me interested throughout the book
Overly long. Would be more suspenseful if it were a novella.
Entertaining despite frustrations with the characters behavior
Easy to read. Hard to put down. Can’t wait to get back to it when I do put it down.
I think AJ Finn is going to be a good writer to follow.