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The story revolves around Anna who is confined to her home. She spends her days spying on her neighbors, popping pills, and drinking copious amounts of wine. One day she thinks she witnesses a murder across the street. As with other unreliable narrators you know Anna's judgement can't be trusted. Did she see what she thought she did or is it a product of her muddled imagination?
This book is a tribute to Hitchcock in two ways, In the first way the plot somewhat resembles the one in Rear Window. A ...more
This book is a tribute to Hitchcock in two ways, In the first way the plot somewhat resembles the one in Rear Window. A ...more
Jan 30, 2022
Lisa (Remarkablylisa)
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it was ok
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january-2022
DNF. I can't stand the writing style of this book plus it took AGES to get to the real plot line. I'm throwing in the towel.
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This starts a little slow but becomes very intense and unputdownable...
An agoraphobic woman, once a successful child psychologist, is unable to help herself. She occasionally talks to her family, far away, but sees virtually no one except through the window with binoculars. Until...
An agoraphobic woman, once a successful child psychologist, is unable to help herself. She occasionally talks to her family, far away, but sees virtually no one except through the window with binoculars. Until...
A fun descent into madness exploring a mental illness that I don't think is talked about enough. That sounds like an oxymoron, but it is fun. The only reason it's 4 stars versus 5 is I think it was a little longer than it needed to be. A lot of good twists, one I clocked almost immediately, but still I gasped at the reveal of it. This author is great and I will read more by them.
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