Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley

7 reviews

jenna_justi2004's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, Gaslighting, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Trafficking, Abortion, Child abuse, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Pregnancy, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Classism, Drug use, Eating disorder, Grief, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Murder, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Stalking

a_alves00's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Confinement, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Blood, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Alcohol, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Murder, Suicide, and Violence

jenn_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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: Blood, Murder, Alcohol, and Violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Toxic friendship, Trafficking, Sexual content, and Misogyny

Minor: Miscarriage

Spoiler

internalized homophobia

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

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

sarahsbookss's review

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

kumquat9's review against another edition

mysterious 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Death, Blood, Violence, Police brutality, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Rape, Miscarriage, Injury/Injury detail, and Emotional abuse

bookshelf_of_jess's review against another edition

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? No

3.0

I was really looking forward to reading this book but sadly it fell slightly short of my expectations. This is the first Lucy Foley novel I have read and I had heard such amazing things of her previous books. I thought this would be right up my street - a suspenseful thriller set in my favourite city - however, despite the well thought out plot, the writing felt a little stilted to me. 

The story is told from the perspectives of several of the apartment’s residents and they are all unreliable narrators. I usually enjoy this but in this book I just didn’t believe in any of the characters and there was no one I was rooting for in the end. The plot was somehow suspenseful and yet still a bit slow. It was an enjoyable read, and I would recommend it, but it is definitely not one of my favourites.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Stalking, Misogyny, Homophobia, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Cursing, Murder, Death, Sexual assault, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Infertility, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Sexism, and Alcohol