Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley

183 reviews

fi_sandison's review

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol

sonjaelisee's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Trafficking, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

dwiparto's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

This is my favorite Lucy Foley so far (out of this, The Guest List, and The Hunting Party).  Fast-paced and thrilling, I devoured this book as it kept me wanting to get to the bottom of everything.  A great read!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content and Trafficking

anikaivanna's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

My second Lucy Foley book.
And oh my, this one's more suspenseful and twisted over The Guest List! I think I can sense a pattern on her mystery/thriller books which I really appreciate. It's not a hard read but will get you thinking and guessing and keep the adrenaline rush. I even finished the half of this book in a day.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual content, Trafficking, and Murder

emsbibliotherapy's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Homophobia, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Trafficking, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Classism

kcarney86's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism, and Deportation

Moderate: Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Police brutality, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Homophobia, Infertility, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, and Outing

pugluver11's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I enjoyed this audiobook! The different narrators make the story come to life. The beginning is slow, but the atmospheric writing style makes up for it. Foley's writing makes you feel like you're living in the apartment with the characters. There are several twists and turns; I would say they aren't too predictable. But take that with a grain of salt because I don't read a lot of thrillers. My only fault with this book is Jess' poor decision-making. Jess is presented as a street-smart, no-nonsense woman, but some of her choices throughout the book left me cringing. It seemed like a cheap way to move the plot along. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Sexual harassment

clairevn's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Violence

Minor: Suicide

emma6544's review against another edition

dark sad 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? Yes

3.25

I read The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley which I really enjoyed so I was looking forward to this book. 

There is some similar themes to The Hunting Party: it is set in one main location (the apartment building) with a closed circle of characters but for me, the execution was not quite there. 

The book started off really good with an intriguing mystery and interesting characters but, as the plot progressed, a lack of events made the book drag which wasn’t helped by the constant switching of characters every chapter (I particularly lost interest in Jess, which is not helped by the fact that she is the main character). 

The ending helped to redeem the rating of this book somewhat as I liked the twists

that the wine company was a front for prostitution and the concierges daughter is Mimi’s real mother. Plus Ben was writing an article to expose all this which the family wanted to cover up.

 

However there was a lack of clear resolution at the end as well

Ben publishes the article but we as the reader don’t really see a great fall from disgrace. Which does mirror reality but is still annoying.

I will still be reading The Guest List and The Midnight Feast at some point after a long break but I would still recommend trying this book out as you may love it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexual assault, and Blood

Minor: Sexual content

mollymorrell's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Thriller isn’t my go-to genre but I found this book absolutely gripping!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Sexual content, and Trafficking