Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley

48 reviews

fancyjess_party's review

dark emotional 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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Trafficking, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Deportation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

notlikethebeer's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.25

This was a good, fun read that kept me hooked. To be honest, I found the earlier twists stronger than the later ones, although there were great moments sprinkled throughout - parts of the ending really had me questioning myself! I really enjoyed seeing how all the puzzle pieces fitted together.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Murder

Moderate: Confinement and Gaslighting

wickedgrumpy's review

emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

1.25

...Yet another thriller that I did not enjoy.  It was filled with characters that had one main facet which was being awful.  Would not recommend.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

krosebooks's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

This book had interesting perspectives through the characters. I liked that the chapters were short and the writing style flowed well through out the book, keep pushing me through the book. The mystery side of things I found a little predictable, but I think the author used that on purpose because while I did predict some things I didn't predict everything that happened in the climax. 

Has Salt Burn vibes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Outing, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

anilourengo's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

We follow Jess, who left her life in England to live with her brother Ben in Paris. When she arrives to Ben's apartment in Paris, she notices he disappeared, he isn't returning her calls and left the apartment without his wallet. So, she is convinced that something happened to her brother, and she won't stop until find what it was and where he is. She must start on his brother building, which seems to be full of weirdos. 

Unfortunately, is full of French bias, not because they are French are all promiscuous or are sexually driven... Mixing mystery with sexual content was definitely not my ally. With a big variety of personalities, I imagine a murder and identify the killer from the beginning, so most of the time I was really confused with all the sexual content, that for me was not necessary at all... Nevertheless, I didn't expect the twist at the end... 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Blood, Stalking, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Cursing, Drug abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

chelseylb1988's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, and Murder

dcnireads's review

dark mysterious tense 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Police brutality, and Trafficking

_ami_'s review against another edition

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

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

5.0

The amount of times I visibly gasped in excitement and disgust is great, with the twists that I half expected and didn't see coming at all. It's just brilliant. And the audiobook with the various of voice actors switching for each POV??? My god, chief's kiss.

Bury me with this book like how they buried that body.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Fatphobia, Infertility, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Police brutality, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Deportation

crazytourists_books's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No

3.0

It did tire me a bit more than the other two books (The Hunting Party and The Guest List).  It think it wasn't very well balanced, almoat nothing happened for the two thirds of the book and then an avalanches of events in the last third. The main characters needed a bit more work, they were a bit weak. But I liked the ending (well kind of), and I had a good time 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Slavery, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

bessadams's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexism, Sexual content, Police brutality, Death of parent, and Deportation

Minor: Suicide