Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

The Paris Apartment, by Lucy Foley

37 reviews

butteredpopcourt's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug use, Sexual assault, Blood, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Trafficking, Death, Sexual content, and Violence

addyisnothere's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Injury/injury detail, Infertility, Infidelity, Drug use, Police brutality, Death, Cursing, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, and Addiction

Minor: Suicide, Deportation, and Suicide attempt

franklola's review

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Trafficking, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Blood, Infidelity, Confinement, and Death of parent

Minor: Deportation, Sexual assault, Slavery, Drug abuse, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Drug use, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Rape, and Self harm

aformeracceleratedreader's review

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

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

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

malloryrose17'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: Murder, Violence, Eating disorder, Blood, and Trafficking

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

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

mmqin's review

mysterious slow-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Stalking, Addiction, and Infidelity

micaela_s's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

2.0

I was going to give it three stars but I think the ending was rather unbelievable. Wrapped up a little too neatly. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide and Trafficking

Minor: Addiction, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent

jaynovara's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Infidelity, Injury/injury detail, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Trafficking, Addiction, Alcohol, Confinement, and Murder

_fallinglight_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

Not the best book I've read lately but also not the worst worst. I struggled for 3 days to get past the 20% point and was so close to dnfing it bc it has a ridiculously unenticing start. I wasn't impressed by the writing. I was super distracted by the multiple POVs, the jumpy feel of the chapters, and I was so removed from the lackluster writing that although it hasn't been something I've paid much attention reading other books, the first person present-tense here jambled my brain and irritated me so much. Instead of putting me in the story it took me out of it.  But I powered through it and by the 52% mark I was entertained enough by the twists and things finally started happening, the story picks up. There's a plot twist that's straight out of a telenovela and things reminding me of telenovelas always reach my heart lol (in fact, the whole book has a telenovela feel now that I think about it). The appearance of the kitty was also a plus. But honestly, if I hadn't used this book for one of my reading challenges prompts and been too lazy to dnf it bc I didn't wanna start a new book over, I don't think I would've read it to the end. But I did, and if you really commit, the craziness in the story makes up for the lackluster feel.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Murder, Addiction, Drug use, Blood, Death, and Suicide

Minor: Fatphobia and Vomit