– New York Times Bestseller –
Publisher’s Synopsis
For readers of Gillian Flynn and Tana French comes one of the decade’s most anticipated debuts, published in forty-one languages around the world and 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.
- Title: The Woman In The Window
My Thoughts
Once again I didn’t see eye to eye with lots of reviewers. I feel like this could have been a good story, but it wasn’t. Why? The story advanced fine, until it didn’t. It began to feel like it was in a never-ending loop.
Another reviewer expressed his thoughts in a unique way. But one I love.
This book is like a trip through IKEA. You need one little thing, but once you find it, you realize its taken you two hours to find what you’re looking for and now it’s going to take you that long to get to the exit. And you have to plow through even more floors full of crap you were never interested in to begin with. Only this is worse, because you are trapped in the massive building with people you don’t want to have anything to do with. It’s not worth the trip. Don’t even start.
Reviewer, Richi Reynolds
When does the story start moving along again and stop repeating? Well, in my case it was chapter 95 in a book with 100 chapters and 448 pages. The earlier 94 chapters plodded along with the set-up and eventually became redundant. Unfortunately, the moving forward with the story and end were nearly one and the same.
Anna Fox is the narrator of this lengthy tale. She suffers from agoraphobia, drinks way too much, watches classic movies and spends lots of time peering out the window watching her neighbors. All of these things are concerning. And as the reader, we’re never sure if a person living under these conditions is relating a story of fiction or truth. But how long can we go on wondering? In my opinion, 94 chapters.
Call me a critical reviewer, but it wouldn’t have hurt to have little hints thrown in throughout this l-o-n-g book. You can’t rely on a surprise ending that is equal to pulling a rabbit from a hat to save the story.
Are surprises endings becoming so critical to a story that it’s okay to create one with nothing backing it up? Hmmm, I know I’m the minority with this book rating. But I don’t seem to be able to post anything other than honest reviews.
What Concerned Me
In all honesty, if this surprise ending was fair to the reader and the story shorter, it would have helped.
What I Liked Most
The writing and descriptions were good. And the story was good up to a point.
About The Author
Finn lived in England for several years before returning to his home in New York. He has written for Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, and several other papers. The Woman in the Window is his debut novel.
