Tuesday, January 7, 2020

The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn // BOOK REVIEW

“If there's one thing I've learned in all my time working with children, if I could whittle those years down to a single revelation, it's this: They are extraordinarily resilient. They can withstand neglect; they can survive abuse; they can endure, even thrive, where adults would collapse like umbrellas.”

Book: The Woman in the Window
Author: A.J. Finn
Genre: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Suspense
Synopsis: 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.

What I think about it...

Saw its movie trailer on YouTube. Saw Amy Adams and Julianne Moore in it. So what more can I ask for? I immediately added it on my shelf and read it hours later after seeing the trailer.

The trailer was captivating and once I’ve set my eye on a book / movie, I need to immediately start with it. And I did.

What went wrong…

It disappointed me though. A bit. Titles like these are so common these days. How many books have women somewhere... In the cabin. In the window. In the train. Wherever. Anyways, it's so frustrating to read this because Anna Fox kept drinking every time and I don't know what's the deal with it. I mean, I drink occasionally but in this book I don't understand why she kept drinking and drinking even though she knows that it's bad for her and that's only gonna make her more unreliable. And she already is sick and on meds but it didn’t stop her from becoming an alcoholic.

One more thing that irked me here are the police, particularly that woman detective. How I wanna see her face when the truth was revealed. I wanna see her reaction in the movie.

My Verdict

I've lost my faith in her. Lost my patience. And all my sympathy for her vanished after it was revealed what happened to her family. After what she did. I know people make mistakes but gurrrrl, why you did that to yourself.

I might still watch the movie. Let's cheers to that, Anna.

MY RATING
★★★☆☆

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