The Woman in the Window
Genre: Thriller, Mystery
Published: January 2018
Book description (from Good Reads): 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.
Thoughts:
I had a difficult time getting into the book, personal preference really. Why?
I really get annoyed to have the main character who has an anxiety disorder, who also happens to have a drinking problem. I really dislike the portrayal used here.
Moving forward, the mystery draws you in, you get annoyed because no one ever trusts Dr Fox's word but she does make it very difficult for others to believe in her word. She doesn't even try for most of the book. She continues to drink an over amount of alcohol even as she tells herself she needs to concentrate and continues to mix prescribed drugs and alcohol; she is an expert on it and knows it's not advisable.
Anyhow she has issues that's understandable.
In the way of plot twists, for most of the book, you are led to a very obvious conclusion and then BAM! The little details change the course of the whole thing.
The final fourth of the story makes it so worth the read.
I enjoyed the plot twist. It was well done, this time I was pleasantly surprised to be wrong on my assumption.
The ending is hopeful yet almost too convenient considering that everything comes to be based on the word of a single person and that's it.
3.75 Stars.
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