The Woman in the Window by A. J. Finn

Format: eBook

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Blurb

What did she see?

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

Anna’s lifeline to the real world is her window, where she sits day after day watching her neighbours.

But one evening, a frenzied scream rips across the silence, and Anna witnesses something no one was supposed to see.

My review

The Woman in the Window was purchased on a whim. Something about the blurb intrigued me.

In all honesty, this book didn’t grab me from the first page. In fact, it felt difficult to read at first. First person. Fragmented sentences.

I put it aside before the end of the first chapter.

A few days later I picked it up again and this time the storyline grabbed me. By the end of the second chapter I was hooked.

The writing style needs to be gotten used to, in my opinion. But once accepted, the flow becomes easy and the characters draw you in.

It felt a little like I was reading someone else’s diary when I knew I shouldn’t be.

There were two sections of this book that affected me immensely.

One made me want to know more. I couldn’t get enough of the book. I thought about it when I put it down. I couldn’t wait to get back to it.

The other section stopped me in my tracks. It was like I’d been punched in the face. I had no choice but to put the book down and let the words settle.

I haven’t read a book that affected me like this for a very long time.

I was sad when it finished. I actually put the book down twenty pages from the end just so I could return to it the next day because I didn’t want it to end.

The Woman in the Window is excellent.

I really enjoyed the storyline. I believed in the characters. And I would wholeheartedly recommend this book to anyone.

Highly recommended.