The Woman in the Window

A solid 4/5, in my opinion

Ok, I'm going to kind of break this review down into two mini-reviews because one the one hand, I absolutely COULD NOT PUT THIS BOOK DOWN. I finished it in one day and loved every second of it. The suspense was REAL and I was so frustrated (and scared) at times! There were a lot of twists and turns (some pretty obvious and some that completely got me out of nowhere) that kept me on the edge of my seat. I enjoyed the different characters... I definitely wouldn't say they were the most BELIEVABLE, but then again, most thrillers have to have some odd events/characters or else they wouldn't be all that thrilling. BUT on the other hand, something I definitely didn't like about this one was how it took the “untrustworthy female protagonist spies something she shouldn't and nobody believes her” trope to the EXTREME. Like other books that fall in this genre (Gone Girl, Girl on a Train), the protagonist, Anna, has alcohol and drug abuse problems, leading to (what the police believe) to be an untrustworthy witness. But like, Anna was COMPLETELY SANE in every scene before the murder; in fact, she regularly plays chess and has a doctorate??? Like yes, she is dealing with her own trauma and PTSD from past events (no spoiler), but still, it's absolutely ridiculous for the police not even to CONSIDER her testimony. Anyway, I could go on for days about my qualms with the portrayal of female protagonists in modern fiction but this review is getting a bit long. Overall though, definitely recommend this one!