A review by jpaulthunders77
The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn

2.0

At first, I wasn't fan of the writing style. One moment I was reading run on sentences, then next, the proses were a bit purplish. The story moved slow on the first hundred pages. The characters were not even that engaging. They didn't seem real for me. Anna—sure—because we're stuck in her head, but the other characters were bland and the changes in their behavior were there for the sake of shock value.

My main issue with this book lies on the plot twists. Some were properly built up like the following:
Spoiler I kinda expected it earlier on that Ed and Olivia were dead because it was explained that the car rolled over and they stayed in the cold for like two days? You tell me they survived? hypothermia who? So yes for that. Clues were laid down accordingly. It was also obvious that the Jane she met wasn't the real mother. Just an inkling, but I was right.


NOW for the main reveal. That final twist, as shocking and mind-blowing as it may seemed, lacked developments. Because...
SpoilerEthan had this dissociative personality disorder that she got interested in banging Anna Fox. Like I have no problem with this trope, if done well. However, in this book, it just smacked you in the face without clues or red herrings on the previous parts of the book. So when I read it, I was like, 'what??? you slapped me just like that??' Also, Anna is a child psychologist. She should have observed his behavior. How come she hadn't seen that?


But I must say that the climax scene, the raining on the rooftop, was gripping in all fairness.