Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

The Paris Apartment, by Lucy Foley

3 reviews

mari_books's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.75

This book had me on every page, almost impossible to put down. This is truely a suspense novel that is creepy, eerie, violent and charged in every interaction. I enjoyed the pacing thoroughly, and loved how the characters get more and more depraved with time. I thought the ending felt a bit rushed for how deeply invested we are in all the subplots of the characters with real issues but not mad about it. The family is complex and truly disturbed. Knocking off a fraction of the star because I felt like the backstory of Jess and Ben was somehow the least believable part of the book. This is not a book where anyone is a good person, or a likeable person - so just be warned!z  I am pleasantly surprised how different this feels from The Guest book but it’s clearly in her style. I look forward to reading more. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Blood, Murder, Pedophilia, and Police brutality

zoe_archambault's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

despite it being medium-paced overall, I found it hard to binge read it because the perspective kept jumping between 6 people. I liked the twist at the end, I didn't see that coming, but then there were 20 pages of it being spoon-fed to me which just felt redundant and took away from the shock factor of said twist. It would've easily been a 3.5 or even a 4 star book if it was 20 pages shorter imo

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death of parent, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/injury detail, Murder, Rape, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Blood, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Trafficking, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts

thebookishbunny's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Violence, Suicide, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Homophobia, Drug use, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Death of parent, Child death, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Blood, Pedophilia, Murder, and Mental illness

Warning: SWERF Honestly didn’t live up to the hype for me. It was fine, but I won’t recommend it.