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The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley

53 reviews

cheyenne_w14's review

slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Suicide attempt

oceanwriter's review

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

4.0

I've seen Lucy Foley's books all over the place. I've had The Hunting Party sitting on my shelf, but The Paris Apartment is the first of hers I'm finally reading. The setting was too perfect, I couldn't wait to read the others first. All I can say is that she is a master of twists! They're subtle and logical rather than a come-from-behind approach that has you scrambling back to the earlier pages (at least in this book). While I had some correct hunches, none of them played out like I could have imagined. The book itself was more vulgar than I like, which made it uncomfortable for me at times, but those parts were fortunately brief aside from strong language. The depth of the mystery made up for it and I finished it in roughly a day.

Though I can't say I liked any of the characters, I could sympathize with most of them at one time or another. They were flawed and human, most of them with a distinct story behind them and bringing the plot together. Very well done!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Suicide, and Vomit

hermithebs's review

dark mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Murder

Moderate: Stalking and Alcohol

Minor: Infidelity, Sexual assault, Blood, and Suicide attempt

alexisgarcia's review

mysterious tense fast-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

I don’t really know how to feel about this book. I really expected and wanted to love this but it kind of fell flat to me. I liked the concept but so many other factors were disappointing to me. I didn’t like any of the characters, the plot “twists” weren’t really surprising at all, the backstories between the brother and the other people were unrealistic, some parts of the book are mentioned once and never given further explanation, and the ending didn’t really sit right with me. Despite this, I absolutely loved the multiple pov’s which allowed us insight to each characters minds. It was also a quick and overall fun read. A part of this book reminded me of knives out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Biphobia, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

sarahsbookss's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Rape, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

kimmiereadsalot's review

mysterious fast-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

5.0

Another 5 star mystery from Miss Foley. Wow. What a story! Buddy read this with a friend. Highly recommend doing that. It made it so much fun discussing the story as we went along. 

The Paris apartment def has a Hitchcock feel to it. I loved it. The apartment felt very Rear Window. The set up was great. The build up. The little revelations that were slowly unveiled. 

The MC, Jess, could be stupid at times, but girlfriend persevered. And the other tenants added so much to the mystery of the story.  Madame Meunière even had me feeling for her. 

I just really enjoyed this. Highly recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Suicide attempt, and Murder

madlain's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Suicide and Suicide attempt

Minor: Death of parent

annoyedhumanoid's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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? Yes

2.75

(adjusted from 3.25 to 2.75)
disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes really is the main character, no i will not elaborate
Ben must be a Greek god or something because why

does every character want to fuck him

.  this man is constantly described as unbelievably charming, emphasis on the "unbelievably"—where was the "show, don't tell"? if he was that brainwashingly charismatic, shouldn't i as a reader also fall for his charm? but he was just like, there, which at least makes me admire Jess for going to all this trouble just for him.
speaking of Jess, sometimes she was irritating too when she's supposed to be our protagonist—like when she walks into a riot because "it sounded like a street party 😊" and just stands there as people run away from the approaching tear gas. come on now.
it's prob because i'm queer & we gotta look out for each other & i crave positive representation, but i wish

Nick

was a better person and had a better ending.
characters aside, the plot had some unexpected twists and was generally interesting, but i was mostly unimpressed. it had such a promising, atmospheric concept: murder in Paris, ooh la la, and all the apartment tenants are suspects; i think i heard it described as a locked room mystery, though i may be confusing it with another book. and then it just, wasn't and my hopes were let down.
cover design review: ★★★★☆. i like the background image, the symmetry, the colors for the most part (i think the background could be less green and more blue), and all the text, but other than that it's kind of bland. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Police brutality, Grief, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Confinement, Gore, Infertility, Self harm, Vomit, and Abortion

arthur_ant18's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicide attempt and Pregnancy

travelseatsreads's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

The Paris Apartment is a classic style slow burning, claustrophobic mystery which kept me on edge and constantly curious throughout. 

While it may seem that not a lot actually happens within the first half of the book, Foley is cleverly crafting a web of mystery which unravels at the end for quite a few enjoyable ah-ha moments.

My favourite part of this book was the writing of the building itself. Lucy's luscious and detailed descriptions left me feeling like I was immersed in the penthouses' luxury, running across the open courtyard and skulking around the back stairs and cave. 

I switched between my kindle and the audiobook and found the full cast to be fantastic and they really sunk the Parisienne aspect home.

An enjoyable mystery which had me fully immersed throughout.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infertility, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Trafficking, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder