The Woman in the Window
Ratings258
Average rating3.6
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Ratings258
Average rating3.6
#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 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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had to mention that i watched the MOVIE yesterday!! amazing. book was (always is) better. read this!!
I really didn't expect to like this book so much, especially because it's another in a recent parade of books whose main characters I found unlikeable and irritating. 😂I often find stories like this predictable, but this one kept me guessing until the end. \o/
DNF at about 1/3 of the way through. Perhaps the most telling thing is I quit just as we got to the murder scene. If you've been bored for the run of the book, and you're still bored while reading about someone being stabbed, it's time to give up.
Evidently this author is a big fat liar and awful person, but the real reason not to read this is it's desperately tedious, with no one to root for. Not only is the main character stupid and dull, with a main character trait of “drinks enough to kill an elephant” (note: not actually a character trait!), we also get treated to a classic “male author describing female character” passage, plus the “hero” of the story going way out of her way to fat-shame her 8-year-old daughter - what? (Also, it turns out that the daughter is actually DEAD, which takes the obsession with preventing her from being chubby to new levels of psychopathic shallowness - must be this author showing his psychological cards, huh?)
The only good thing about this book is it reminds readers to go watch some Hitchcock films.
I like to try to read books that have movies or shows coming out soon, so when I saw that Netflix was making this with Amy Adams in the lead role I grabbed the audiobook from the library.
This was okay. It's an unabashedly Hitchcockian and pulpy thriller, and it does a pretty good job of it. There are twists and turns, and thrilling moments, but there wasn't anything overly inventive or memorable about it. Also the ending was stupid.
I think it'll make for a pretty schlocky movie, but there's enough talent involved that I hope it's a fun thriller at least.
A final note about the audiobook: After it was over there was a segment where the narrator did a Q&A with the writer. I wish more audiobooks did stuff like that.
