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The Woman in the Window
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The Woman in the Window
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The Woman in the Window

Written by A. J. Finn

Narrated by Ann Marie Lee

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

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Now a major film on Netflix starring Amy Adams, Gary Oldman and Julianne Moore OVER 5 MILLION COPIES SOLD! THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

‘Astounding. Thrilling. Amazing’ Gillian Flynn

‘One of those rare books that really is unputdownable’ Stephen King

'Twisted to the power of max' Val McDermid

‘A dark, twisty confection’ Ruth Ware

What did she see?

It’s been ten months since Anna Fox last left her home. Ten months during which she has haunted the rooms of her old New York house, lost in her memories, too terrified to step outside.

Anna’s lifeline to the real world is her window, where she sits, watching her neighbours. When the Russells move in, Anna is instantly drawn to them. A picture-perfect family, they are an echo of the life that was once hers.

But one evening, a scream rips across the silence, and Anna witnesses something horrifying. Now she must uncover the truth about what really happened. But if she does, will anyone believe her? And can she even trust herself?

Editor's Note

Thrilling…

Arguably one of the most well-known “the woman in the mystery” novels, and for good reason. With legions of fans and an upcoming screen adaptation starring Amy Adams, “The Woman in the Window” has been thrilling readers since it came out. Agoraphobic Anna Fox spends her days shut up in her house, drinking too much and spying on her neighbors. One day she witnesses her neighbor’s murder through her window, but when the police show up to investigate, all is not as it seems.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherHarperCollins
Release dateJan 25, 2018
ISBN9780008234195
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The Woman in the Window
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A. J. Finn

A. J. Finn is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the global phenomenon The Woman in the Window, which was published in more than forty languages and is the basis for the hit film starring Amy Adams. 

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Really enjoyed this book wish I could listen to it again but wont let me
  • Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    1/5
    i am sorry i couldn't continue the book after chapter 50. the story doesn't move. it is stuck in the same place for a long time.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Que intenso; solo se me escapó un detalle, lo descarté demasiado rápido.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    great narration, it kept me guessing! Highly original & enjoyable.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    It was predictable at times but still very entertaining. It took a little while to get into but then I was hooked.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    The book was ok but I really disliked the narration style, it completely ruined it for me, it was overly dramatic and kind of irritating. I also found it difficult to find anything to like about the main character..
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Oooo i loved it! After page 200 you camt put it down! Litterally the story is too good writtem and the short chapters made it easy to go through it quick. For a debut psycological thriller its awsm♥️i rated it 4.6?
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I’ve heard such high things about this book and because of this, I kept putting off reading it myself as I was worried that there was a massive hype surrounding it that it just wouldn’t be able to live up to. But I just couldn’t or simply didn’t want to put it off any longer. I knew the basics of what this book was about, but I wanted everything else to remain a mystery.

    I usually don’t enjoy books where the Main Character is a written so that the reader is unable to know whether the can rely on her to be a truly reliable narrator of the events that’s happening within the book. As we move through the book, we discover, that the MC is that indeed and some of the things we thought we knew are questionable, because of this unreliability. However, it worked really well at points within this novel and I can see why there’s so much hype surrounding it.

    There’s this back and forth that’s played out and right up to the end you’re left wondering who the killer is, or simply what’s has happened, if anything has happened. I never quite guessed the ending fully and I always enjoy a book more when it can surprise me like that and leaves me guessing right up until the end. There was something missing, or it just didn’t give me that five star magic that I was hoping for. I really did enjoy this book and the narration dragged me and did an excellent job!
  • Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    1/5
    Welcome to a novel where the whole plot could’ve been solved by a camera click, but noo lets drag it.
    This book is not worth the hype, unoriginal.
    You would expect more interesting plot from a literal pathological liar.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I enjoyed this book àlot. I could emphasize with Anna. I too have a history of mental disease. I also needs to fight my demons everyday. I will certainly recommend this book to all other patient living with the same circumstances and disease than Anna.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    The Woman in the Window by A. J. Finn is a psychological thriller which did not fail to satisfy. An author has to be really good for the storyline to be unpredictable to me; and this author nailed it. This is the story of Ana, (Dr. Fox) an agoraphobic (amongst other things) who lives in New York (Harlem) in her apartment that she never leaves without excruciating pain. Ana spies on her neighbors with her camera lens. She thinks she has found the "perfect" family. And then.......what is real? What is imagined? Who is the "bad" guy? Great read! 427 pages
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This I would recommend, I'm an addict after just one!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Loved reading and listening to this novel. The ending was nothing like I predicted and that’s what I loved the most about it ! Certainly looking forward to reading more by the author soon.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    4 1/2 stars! VERY hard to put down; I became totally absorbed in the story and the characters.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    exceptionally good novel with well organized sequences and character build
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I enjoyed it, especially as the book starts to unravel, 'girl on the train vibes'
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Great book, some bits I predicted but enough intrigue and twist to satisfy anyone interested in his genre!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Interesting, perfectly read, has a non-obvious end for me. A mixture of hope and despair throughout the whole story.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    The book starts kind of slow, but it needs that to build on the suspense. The plot have some of the best twist that I’ve ever read.
    I really love how we get to know Anna, the main character, and how we see the world through her eyes.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    The central character of A. J. Finn's novel, "The Woman in the Window," is thirty-eight year old Anna Fox, who narrates her story in a series of brief chapters. Fox is a former child psychologist who, after a traumatic event left her emotionally crippled, became agoraphobic. Her once attractive skin is now a mass of "dimples, stipples, stubble, and wrinkles." She pays a psychiatrist, Dr. Fielding, and a physical therapist, Bina, to tend to her at home, but even with their assistance, Anna has made limited progress. Dr. Fielding has convinced her to take a few steps into her rear garden, but when panic ensues, as it always does, she retreats to the safety of her four walls. She drinks wine to excess, takes pills prescribed by Fielding that are delivered to her door, has a tenuous grasp on reality, and regularly scrutinizes her neighbors with a Nikon camera that has a powerful lens. She admits, "My mind is a swamp, deep and brackish, the true and the false mixing and mingling." In addition, she uses the Internet to glean more information about the men and women whose privacy she invades.

    Anna is no saint, but she is smart, funny, and when sober, remarkably self-aware. She plays online chess skillfully, studies French with her tutor via Skype, and counsels fellow agoraphobics who log onto an Internet discussion board. What she needs, but does not yet have, is the courage to face down her powerful demons. One day, while keeping an eye on her neighbors through her closed window ("Here I am, utterly, literally locked in—doors locked, windows shut, while I shy and shrink from the light"), Anna is shocked to witness a murder (shades of Jimmy Stewart). She dutifully reports the crime, but no one believes her. In fact, the local detective, Conrad Little, believes that she is an unstable attention-seeker. The murder, if it did occur, took place in the home of Anna's new neighbors, Alistair Russell, his wife Jane, and their sixteen-year-old son, Ethan. .

    Finn's prose is bitingly satirical, colorful, and frequently hilarious. Anna is obsessive movie-watcher (she loves old black and white films), and selects the DVD "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (Jimmy Stewart again) to enjoy one night. She subsequently puns at her own expense: "I am the woman who viewed too much." The plot thickens when she strikes up a friendship with the aforementioned Ethan, who hints that he is afraid of his father. "The Woman in the Window" moves along briskly, but falters when Finn throws in an over-the-top and wildly melodramatic conclusion. Belatedly, Anna realizes that she may pay a high price for her flawed judgment and unwarranted assumptions. This homage to Hitchcock's "Rear Window" may not be perfect, but Finn's suspenseful, entertaining, and compelling page-turner is destined to become a big bestseller.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    why use the plot device of 'personality disorder'? other than that, fairly enjoyable Suspenseful thriller with unreliable narrator.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This was a nice book. At some point it become a roller coaster, but still enjoyable. I tried so hard to outsmart the story, but failed in the end.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    The Woman in the Window by A. J. Finn is a psychological thriller which did not fail to satisfy. An author has to be really good for the storyline to be unpredictable to me; and this author nailed it. This is the story of Ana, (Dr. Fox) an agoraphobic (amongst other things) who lives in New York (Harlem) in her apartment that she never leaves without excruciating pain. Ana spies on her neighbors with her camera lens. She thinks she has found the "perfect" family. And then.......what is real? What is imagined? Who is the "bad" guy? Great read! 427 pages
  • Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    1/5
    nada xq no lo entendi hablo español y no puede enterder ya q se veia interesante
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    very long, predictable, bit cheesy, overall i didn't like it much
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This book was overly descriptive especially when it comes to the protagonist which I found very annoying and it made the book a long read. The dialogue in the chat room was too. Asides that I enjoyed it. The end took me by surprise!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I was completely intrigued by the plot, looking forward to the next novel
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I loved the plot, but some descriptions were too long and too detailed which, at some ocasions, was good for the atmosphere, but was kinda boring at others
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    i like it ,and i want to read it again and again the The Woman in the Window has good info
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Like Stephen king says it’s unputdownable
    Amazing book can’t wait to read or listen to more by A.J. Finn ??