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The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley

70 reviews

memoirsofabooklover's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

Intriguing mystery, with lots of twists I didn’t see coming. Slow in parts but I enjoyed all the perspectives. I liked how the rest of them were all entwined/related and Jess and Ben were outsiders, but Ben had made such an impact on the rest of them. I liked how there were mysteries about each of them that, once discovered, added to the main plot/mystery. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Vomit, and Murder

sophiabooks6's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I loved reading this book so much! It was very untucking and all of the characters were so interesting, I always had to know more. The mystery is detailed and has lots of clues you can miss if you aren’t paying a lot of attention. If you like mystery and tense books this is definitely for you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Blood, and Trafficking

Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Pedophilia and Vomit

fraise's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Police brutality, Trafficking, and Death of parent

Minor: Homophobia, Suicide, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Deportation

antheakwan's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Blood, Murder, and Gaslighting

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Trafficking, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

chloleighton's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Suicide, Violence, Vomit, and Death of parent

prairieraven's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

sunshineandstacks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The setting in Paris was unique and added to the mystery. I didn't like or feel for any characters in the novel, almost as if I was very distant from them as a reader. The switching between POVs helped show the many complex sides of the story. This book made me feel shocked and intrigued. It made me think about the elite and their power over the poor, especially women, worldwide.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Infertility, Infidelity, and Pregnancy

Sex work

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.25

Foley does it again! It is another super good read for me. Do I think things wrapped up a little too nicely in the end? Yes, but I couldn't put it down and read it in one sitting. 
Def check trigger/content warnings tho

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Blood, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infertility, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Toxic friendship, and Classism

meganpbennett's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

The Paris Apartment is an interesting thriller. While I quite enjoyed it, there were issues with the pacing - it lagged greatly in the middle - and the overall plot was a little spotty. It's also a thriller that would not necessarily hold up on a reread, as the major plot twist completely changes the entire story. It was a good thriller, if a little confusing. The ending wrapped up almost too quickly, and there were several questions at the end that went unanswered. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

inkdrinkermal's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

The good: The setting was perfect: creepy, old, steeped in eerieness. The big twists were shocking and unexpected, and the little twists were obvious enough I was able to figure them out a few pages before the reveal and feel smart. 

The bad: Not quite enough twists to fully captivate me, the first 250 pages were really slow, some of the trauma the characters experienced before the story didn't have enough of an impact on the story to the point that I felt the inclusion diminished the story itself

The ugly: I hated the characters. Reading their thoughts was painful. Lots of eating disorders and body issues discussed too casually.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicide, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Homophobia, Infertility, Misogyny, Vomit, Stalking, and Deportation