Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley

32 reviews

whitls's review

dark mysterious 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

rokinjaguar's review

dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

I really enjoyed the writing, characters, and mystery. It really held my interest and felt smart and just well-done. There was a

roofie scare

I didn’t love and there was too much sex in the story imo, but other than that I really enjoyed it and would be interested in reading another book by this author!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual content, Trafficking, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Domestic abuse, Infertility, Pregnancy, and Deportation

midnightbelles's review

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.0

This kinda dragged and I didn’t love the split perspectives at times but it was pretty interesting to see how everything unfolded and to piece together the mystery. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

ekclar's review

dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Suicide, and Death of parent

jenna_justi2004's review

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

Ohmygod so good. Like the best read of the year so far. Multiple point of views, each complicated and confusing  

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Content Warnings

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

black_cat_iiix's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Blood, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Classism, and Deportation

Minor: Confinement, Gun violence, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Stalking, Car accident, and Deportation

myrto_di's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Violence, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Suicide

not_amazon's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

You can read it in 1 sitting. Loved the depth of characters, which is unusual for the mystery genre. There are dark themes in the book, but they are touched subtly, so it's not super triggering. 
It was a very fun and interesting read overall. 
If you have been to Paris, it adds to the experience. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Sexual harassment

_likethefruit's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse and Stalking

antheakwan's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Blood, Murder, and Gaslighting

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Trafficking, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting