Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley

37 reviews

bookcheshirecat's review

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

2.5

“It’s not about where you came from. What kind of shit might have happened to you in the past. It’s about who you are. What you do with the opportunities life presents to you.”

➽ This was my first Lucy Foley book and I'm unimpressed! The Paris Apartment is about Jess, who's down on her luck and hoping to stay a few days with her half-brother in Paris. When she ends up arriving at his apartment, Jess finds out that Ben's nowhere to be seen and might be missing. Something isn't right with the apartment complex and she plans to find out what happened to her brother. This book was painfully boring. Even the multi-cast audiobook couldn't save it. I didn't find the multiple POVs compelling and some perspectives were so offputting. The mystery was bland and I didn't find any of the characters memorable. I remember one of them being a teen girl and it was strangely vulgar at times. The author also did a thing where she left her scenes on a huge cliffhanger but then the next chapter is so underwhelming. She wants to convince you that something horrible is happening to the character, but it always turns out fine and more like a misunderstanding. After the first couple of times, it got on my nerves so much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Body shaming, and Sexism

Moderate: Sexual harassment

Minor: Domestic abuse, Suicide, Pregnancy, Rape, Homophobia, and Police brutality

kyrstin_p1989's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I almost DNF’d this which I never do because it was so slow — it felt like nothing at all happened for the first 150 pages or so. The end picked up and was actually really good, which saved this book from being a 1 or 2 star. I didn’t see a lot of what happened coming but not because of the mystery, just because it felt like nothing at all was revealed at the beginning. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Violence, Blood, Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Infertility, Torture, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Death of parent, Alcohol, Confinement, Murder, Physical abuse, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, and Sexual violence

rach_fornow's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

I enjoyed reading this, it made me realize i want to get more into mystery type books because I enjoy these so much. Good plot twists. Fantastic narration cast. 
Major critique is

white woman savior material regarding the sex workers as the big reveal

Also I think some of this dragged on and I can imagine parts being removed and it still being interesting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Blood, Sexism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual violence and Suicide

Minor: Terminal illness, Confinement, Infertility, Infidelity, and Pedophilia

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

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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

julied'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? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Vomit, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Police brutality, Sexism, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Alcoholism, Classism, Eating disorder, Trafficking, Violence, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual assault

tomasalbanez's review against another edition

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

4.0

Definitely the darkest and most complex book by Lucy Foley that I've read! And that's saying something. I love the plot twists in this story and found myself once again with a board filled with the characters, clues, suspects and guesses I had while trying to unveil the web they have spined. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, and Infidelity

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Sexism, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Car accident, Classism, Infertility, Murder, Police brutality, and Violence

Minor: Deportation, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, and Domestic abuse

bookishwondergoth's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

I really struggled to remain interested in this. The revelations kind of saved it. RTC.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Trafficking, Stalking, Sexism, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Body shaming, Blood, Violence, Alcohol, Murder, and Drug use

Minor: Death of parent, Sexual violence, and Sexual content

sarahna's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Confinement, Sexism, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Murder, Classism, Death, Toxic relationship, Infertility, Infidelity, Addiction, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Sexual content, and Suicide

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

luciapoloni's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Police brutality, Death of parent, Murder, Classism, Sexual assault, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Blood, Sexism, and Death