Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn

7 reviews

bechlette47's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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OMG wow…. That’s all I can say. Amazing Hitchcock-esque psychological thriller that will keep you guessing and doubting the whole time. You know it’s gonna be good when, just as you think everything is getting wrapped up, you see there’s still 3 hours of the book left! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Car accident, Gaslighting

Moderate: Cursing, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Infidelity, Stalking

rsagarin's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

beesbookss's review against another edition

2.0

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Blood, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism

juliaminer's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious fast-paced

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great book. some plot holes and could have been written a bit better.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol

queenfury's review against another edition

1.0

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was a mess of a book for me, full of cliches, predictable "twists," and unlikable characters.

The writing was not very good, either. The similes were numerous, awkward, and unnecessary, and I knew immediately that the author was a man (every woman the narrator sees had her breasts mentioned at least once). The editor(s) needed to go through the manuscript a few more times, as I found quite a lot of the prose added nothing to neither the story nor Anna's character.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Stalking, Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Car accident

Minor: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Violence

Extreme gaslighting of main character by everyone around her.

rosita's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I was trapped in the book, the same way that the protagonist is trapped in her house. I seriously couldnt put it down, and finished it very fast.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Ableism, Infidelity, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Stalking, Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Fatphobia

leahrosereads's review against another edition

2.5

dark mysterious medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This one started off slow, fair warning.  It took around 120 pages to get interesting, and honestly, that's just too many pages to build a character for me.  After that though, this book really took off.  Unfortunately, I didn't like most aspects of it.  While I'm not an avid reader of the thriller/mystery genres, I was able to guess most every twist, without trying, and that always really bums me out.  I prefer to be shocked, and I just wasn't here. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief

Moderate: Child death, Death, Grief

Minor: Animal cruelty, Body shaming