A 2019 article in the New York Times investigated and dismissed plagiarism rumors stemming from plot similarities between The Woman in the Window and another book in the same genre, Sarah A. Denzil’s Saving April. [19] The Times reviewed original outlines of The Woman in the Window and concluded that the similar plot points "were all included in outlines for The Woman in the Window . . . in the fall of 2015, before Ms Denzil began writing Saving April.” [19] The Times noted that the Woman in the Window plot outlines it reviewed were dated September 20, 2015 and October 4, 2015, and that Sarah Denzil did not begin writing Saving April until October 2015. [19] The Times also reported that Mallory had started writing The Woman in the Window in the summer of 2015. [19] In an interview with the trade publication Publishers Lunch, Sarah Denzil explained that she previewed a brief excerpt from Saving April in Kindle Scout in mid-December 2015 and that "March 2016 would have been the earliest point that anyone, aside from me, the Kindle Press team and the copy editor at Kindle Press, would have read the book in its entirety." [20] Who is this A.J. Finn person and what makes them so special coming out here in 2018 with a title and a plot we have all seen dozens of times already? ive recently said in a previous review that i have become extremely jaded with the whole mystery/psychological thriller genre. and the fact that this story feels like every other book i have read with similar titles is not helping. this just feels very unoriginal, very less than thrilling, very predictable. the writing is even mediocre. I definitely didn’t relate to Anna, but I also had a hard time finding her believable. The idea that she’d be able to consume multiple bottles of wine at one time, on top of prescription drugs and be able to speak or walk at all seemed unbelievable. I’d be comatose, not just slurring my words. However, I didn’t think of her as a stalker or a voyeur, I didn’t find her creepy that way.

To be honest, I had a hard time getting into the story at first. I wasn't connecting to the story and characters as well as many other readers did, which is fine as we won't all love the same books. I think I may have been expecting something different. I was a bit confused at times and although I eventually warmed up to the story and to Anna, it did take longer than I expected. I did enjoy the last part of the book so I am glad that I didn’t stop reading. Dr. Anna Fox has spent the past 10 months inside her NY home. Her home is her safe place and she is too afraid to venture outside her door. The mystery of what happened to the woman Anna met, and what’s going on in the house across the street, is muddled by Anna’s unreliable narrator syndrome. It’s a common trope in similar thriller-novel adaptations, like Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train. Anna’s unreliable nature comes from a mix of her medication — which is implied to have side effects, including hallucinations — and her own paranoia, as she spies on the Russell house through a DSLR camera, in shots reminiscent of Rear Window. The film goes all in on the psychological-thriller inspirations, with scenes from the classic noir films Anna watches melding into memories of a past trauma. That event also becomes a secret for the movie to unravel. But one bright spot comes with Anna's monitoring of her neighbor's comings and goings. She uses her Nikon camera lens to zoom in for a closer look. Such an activity brings the outside world in and gives Anna a bit of control as to when and as to how long she wishes to view their movements. She becomes particularly attached to the Russell family across the small park.She's found ways around anything and everything that she needs - whether it be grocery delivery, hiring a handyman or cases of her favorite wine every few months. Reviewers also praised Amy Adams' lead performance, noting that “the underlying trauma she’s working through gives the film some genuine heft.” [41] Others lauded “brief but brilliant” appearances by Julianne Moore and Gary Oldman and the “wildly charismatic” Brian Tyree Henry. [42] [43] Many reviewers also saw the film as a positive and perceptive exploration of grief and agoraphobia. [44] [45] [46]

But she knows what she saw. And she needs to get help - and fast - otherwise the next person could be her.

Grading this is hard. The second half of the book is much more engrossing than the first. It really took a long time to grab me. The first half of the book is barely a three, the second half is somewhere between four and 4 ½ stars. But of course, one of the absolute best aspects of the book is the immaculate plot. I love a thriller novel that has so many plot twists which all can convince me that the following twist is more believable than the last. Despite it’s slow pace, I felt as if I was at the edge of my seat for the entirety of the novel. I’m not the most prolific reader when it comes to thrillers, but The Woman In The Window is one of my favorites that I have ever read. This is a perfect summer read. I read it on a plane, but it would mix well with a beach or mountain. Whatever you wanna do. It is extremely fast paced, edge-of-your-dear kind of stuff. Very light and easy to breeze through. The plot twists and turns (although some of the big twists feel like something you already knew) are plentiful and press on to the very end. The ending tire everything up nicely, and while not too jaw dropping, it was satisfying.