Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley

77 reviews

fraise's review against another edition

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: Infidelity, Mental illness, Stalking, Violence, Death, Fatphobia, Classism, Blood, Body shaming, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Police brutality, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Trafficking, and Sexual content

Minor: Vomit, Suicide, Deportation, Homophobia, and Pregnancy

vaguely_pink'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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Violence, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Infidelity, Police brutality, Suicide, Addiction, Blood, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Classism, and Gaslighting

Minor: Stalking, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Grief, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Cursing, Deportation, Homophobia, Infertility, Addiction, Gore, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Drug use

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

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

growintogardens's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Enjoyed isn't quite the right word for this book, but it kept my attention and I think overall made a good thriller. It also surprised me a few times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Stalking

Moderate: Misogyny, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, Rape, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Murder, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, and Infertility

Minor: Drug abuse, Police brutality, Body shaming, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, and Homophobia

supernova0411's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Death of parent, and Sexual violence

Minor: Homophobia

jessicakarem'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Sexual violence

Minor: Homophobia and Suicide

franklola's review

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Trafficking, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Blood, Infidelity, Confinement, and Death of parent

Minor: Deportation, Sexual assault, Slavery, Drug abuse, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Drug use, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Rape, and Self harm

displacedcactus'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

This book was tawdry and not particularly enjoyable. It feels dated, the twists and tropes harkening back to decades past. What's more, it feels like the author was trying too hard to make all of the suspects, well, suspicious. The writing was just incredibly heavy-handed. I honestly think it would have benefitted greatly from making Jess the only POV character, rather than putting us into the heads of all of the suspects and thus giving us a lot more insight into what's going on.

It IS a pretty quick read, thanks to most of the chapters being only a few pages long. I can see how some people might enjoy it as a vacation read or something to devour on your commute or something. But it really didn't work for me and I won't be recommending it to anyone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Trafficking, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Homophobia

There's a dog and cat in the book.

They're both fine. Neither of them is ever even threatened.

inkdrinkermal'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

wrestleacademic's review

dark mysterious tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Stalking, Homophobia, Trafficking, Death of parent, and Sexual assault