#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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Great plot! I couldn’t predict how it would end. A real page turner.
Page turner.
This book was exactly what I needed it to be — fun, easy, twisty, and fast-paced. I’m new to Thrillers, and I want to see the movie when it comes out, so I thought this was a good one to start with. There were some stylistic things that bothered throughout (i.e. the author’s overuse of metaphors that didn’t quite work, and adverbs), but I didn’t expect this book to be a literary masterpiece so I accepted it for what it was… good, mindless entertainment!
This was not a good choice for me at this point in time. It’s well written with good character development and some interesting quirks but too dark for my current state of mind.
If you’re looking for a book that will keep you glued to the pages until the very end, this is one of those books!
I read this in one sitting. So much fun to read. Absolute page turner and impossible to put down. Twisty turny and all that thriller stuff… Loved it.
This one started off slow, fair warning. It took around 120 pages to get interesting, and honestly, that’s just too many pages to build a character for me. After that though, this book really took off. Unfortunately, I didn’t like most aspects of it. While I’m not an avid reader of the thriller/mystery genres, I was able to guess most every twist, without trying, and that always really bums me out. I prefer to be shocked, and I just wasn’t here.
This was the best Thriller I’ve read in a long time! I couldn’t put it down!
Rear Window meets Gaslight meets Vertigo. If popcorn were a book, this would be it.
I had been wanting to read this for months but hadn’t gotten around to it. I’m so glad I finally did. I read it in a day. I couldn’t put it down. The twists are unexpected and left me both saddened and furious at the same time. I highly recommend.
I liked this book. It caught your interest and kept it throughout. As the story developed, it became a page turner and I couldn’t put it down until it was finished.
I would definitely recommend it to others.
I couldn’t put this book down. Kept my attention on every page turned
The library book club read in October was A. J. Finn’s suspense thriller The Woman in the Window.
I have read several suspense novels in the past and am pretty much over them. I dreaded reading 488 pages! Luckily, the chapters are short, there is lots of blank space, and I read it in a few days.
Of course, there is an unreliable narrator. Not one but two ‘unexpected’ twists. A murder, threat of death, mental instability, and all the stock noir memes. Finn saturates the novel with references to the classic, black and white, noir movies, the narrator’s obsession.
I thought it overwritten, too many cute descriptive words. And I early guessed the real villian.
Over all, the book club readers said it was a quick easy read that kept their interest, full of the expected thriller twists. One thought it contrived. Entertainment, if nothing more.
Maybe. One reader appreciated the insight into agoraphobia.
And yet the book spurred a great discussion. Was too much space given to Anna’s drinking or movie watching? Did we feel sympathy or disgust by her behavior? What spurred her self-destructive behavior? How soon did we predict the real villian, if at all? We talked about bad parents, red herrings, and how familiar Anna’s homebound life felt during COVID-19.
Readers did find the book very cinematic with detailed descriptions that brought the book to life, and learning a movie was made of the book, we were all interested in viewing it.
Fun thriller
With the title of the book, you know the woman will see something out of the window. She sees plenty day to day as she watches her neighbors come and go, even going as far as to document it their movements.
The story almost lost me as I plugged through over 60 chapters (short chapters, but still) I was wondering if she was ever going to see anything. Then BAM like most thrillers, things took off at light speed. Looking back now, I get that ground work was being laid for the ending. I made it through and it was worth it, I just wish there were more breadcrumbs dropped along to keep me intrigued throughout the story.
I couldn’t put this book down. Early on, I thought I’d easily (too easily) figured out the plot, but no.
I could not put this book down, it was excellent and dramatic!
I read this book in two days. I didn’t want to put it down. You would think that a book with a stagnant location would have a slow or plodding style but the pacing barely lets you catch your breath.
This slow burn, suspenseful thriller doesn’t really kick off until the midway point, but once it does you’ll be gripped and unable to put it down until you know the truth.
I know another Woman/Girl book. But really good story!