ブックレビュー ”The Woman in The Window”

He got me. He totally got me!

For a psychological thriller, it took me much longer time to read this book than I had expected. Before I started reading, I was like, "Hmm...Stephen King says this book is 'unputdownable'! Okaaay, so it will blow my mind and I'll be finishing it before I know it!"


I was wrong.

Maybe I had expected too much.
Maybe I couldn't keep up with the vocabulary in the book(, which is probably it).
Either way, I couldn't speed up reading and enjoy the book as much, up until the last 30 pages. lol
But then, the time had come!! IT BLEW MY MIND!!
As a fan of mystery books, I love solving mysteries and naming the one who committed the crime. And I claim I'm pretty good at it. But no. Not this time. I'm totally lost, and am quite satisfied with it!😆




この本は、昨年末からすごく話題になっている心理サスペンスで、スティーブン・キングが絶賛していたので、めっちゃ期待❗️で読み始めたのだけど、最初なかなか入り込めなくて…(-｡-;
思ってたより語彙が難しいし、なかなか本題に入らない😅
ヒロインAnnaは児童心理学者で、カウンセラーでもあるけれど、10ヶ月ほど前に夫と別居し娘は夫についていったので一人暮らし。その事が原因なのか家から出ることが出来ず引きこもり生活をしている。もっぱら窓から近所の家庭を眺めることと、ワインを飲みながら白黒の映画（特にサスペンス）を見て暮らしている。
最近引越してきた、公園を挟んで向かいに住む家族の息子が挨拶代わりのキャンドルを持ってきてくれ帰ったあと、その母親Janeも訪ねて来て、Annaは彼女を家に招き入れる。2人は意外にも話が弾み一緒にワインを飲みながらチェスをしたのだが、友達のいないAnnaはJaneに親近感を抱く。
その数日後、いつものように窓から近所を見ていたAnnaは、向かいの家でJaneが胸を刺されて血を噴き出しているのを目撃してしまう。警察に連絡した後、Janeを助けに行こうと家を出たAnnaだが、途中パニックを起こして気を失う。
目が覚めた彼女に警察官は、向かいの家では何も起こっていないと言い、その時にやってきたJaneは、Annaが一緒に話しチェスをした女性ではなかった…


…というのが事件のあらましなんですけどね、面白そうでしょ？でもね、この事件が起こって面白くなってくるのが、もう170ページ辺りなんですよ（笑）
事件起こるのがおそ〜い❗️
サスペンスは、もう、すぐ事件起こって❗️｡ﾟヽ(ﾟ｀Д´ﾟ)ﾉﾟ｡

って感じで、ジリジリしながら読みました（笑）

でもね、「はぁ、そうかそうだったのね〜」と油断した所に、キターー！😳
ラスト30ページ❗️

私としたことが、ヤラレタ〜〜😆💦（コレ以上はネタバレするから言えん…😅）

時間かかって悶々としたのも帳消しになりましたわ。読後感も割と良く、満足満足😊

ブックレビュー "When Dimple Met Rishi"

昨日Audibleで聴き終わった本のレビュー書きました😸良かったら読んでね😊


I've known this book since last year, for almost all my favorite booktubers raved about it, but somehow I didn't feel like putting my hands on and actually reading it. Until a week ago. I finally got around to it because it was one of the Romance Pack books on Audible.
Now that I finished the book, how do you think I'm feeling? Yeah, that's right. "WHAT WAS I THINKING?! WHY DIDN'T I READ IT SOONER??!!" I have to admit this is SO my book!! lol
I loved it when Dimple and Rishi first met and he had known she was his 'fiancée by arranged marriage' but she had no idea about it. I loved it when they started to realize they really fell for each other. And I loved it when they did the similar things for the other one without telling him or her.
Is the story too good to be true? Maybe, but so what? That's how I like it!; ) And Rishi is such a nice guy, I just couldn't stop grinning during the whole listening time, imagining him!😍
If possible, I would recommend you listen to the audiobook. There are two narrators with the female narrator playing Dimple and the male, Rishi, which makes the story more vibrant and real, especially near the end of the story, where they looked for each other at the same time in different places. Listening to it, I found myself so frustrated that I cried out, "Nooo, not there!" lol. Also I like their English with a slight touch of Indian accent. Sounds very cute!!; )

When Dimple Met Rishi: The laugh-out-loud YA romcom https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/1473667402/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_dUDAAb8X139P7