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The Paris Apartment, by Lucy Foley

85 reviews

lakea's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Classism, Alcoholism, and Police brutality

Moderate: Trafficking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Child death, Suicide, Stalking, Gun violence, Grief, Drug use, Misogyny, and Kidnapping

Minor: Suicide

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

tmtisthammer's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking and Murder

Moderate: Suicide, Death of parent, and Alcoholism

scrubsandbooks's review

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Alcoholism, Death, and Violence

sfeldmann's review

SPOILERS

I think my soul just died before the new year. My lord, I try not to rant too hard on author’s works because they are someone’s blood sweat and tears, but this book was just not good. 

You meet the characters and honestly, none of them are people I’m invested in or want to root for. They don’t have any redeeming qualities about them. I got to the 60% of my audiobook and called it. Like after Ben kissed Mimi and then later he reveals he was listing after her mother?! I just could not continue that weirded me out more than any bloody gore ever could. I was just so uncomfortable. 

I just can’t with this book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Alcoholism, Drug use, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Sexual assault

annabellw06_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Alcoholism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Death, and Physical abuse

Minor: Pregnancy

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

chrstnlvly's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

You know how when you're a kid you can't sleep because you're afraid of the monsters under the bed? What happens if you start to suspect the monster might be you? Where do you hide?

Three words: Family. Secrets. Creepy.

I know this book has a lot of negative reviews, but I liked it. I didn't guess the second plot twist. I must admit the second twist was a little out there, but I guess I'll let it slide because I did enjoy the book for the most part.

One thing is sure: all residents of this apartment are crazy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Suicide, Death of parent, Mental illness, Murder, Violence, Blood, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, and Death

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