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The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley

153 reviews

kiwichill's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

Many twists and turns which kept me in suspense.  The audiobook is narrated by different people for each character which enhances the experience 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Racism, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Alcohol, Cursing, Murder, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Classism, Domestic abuse, Outing, Pregnancy, Death, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Addiction, Alcoholism, Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexism, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Vomit, Violence, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug use, Excrement, Racial slurs, Suicide attempt, Gun violence, and Suicidal thoughts

courtney_scott1025's review against another edition

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? Yes

4.0

I picked this up for a little mystery read. It is my first Lucy Foley book, and I had high hopes. I am more of a horror/thriller reader and mystery books do not typically keep my interest. I actually liked this book. I was shocked. I found myself actually interested in the characters and all of their secrets. The characters felt well fleshed out, and there was a good amount of twists. It was enjoyable. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Abandonment, Stalking, and Murder

kassafrass'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? No

3.5

The book was kind of meh for me. It was okay, but not great in my opinion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcoholism, and Murder

cmbohn's review

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Alcohol, Mental illness, Police brutality, Homophobia, Drug use, and Alcoholism

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

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

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

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

mj_86'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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Blood, Death, Murder, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Death of parent, Drug use, and Suicide attempt

lyfeinpr0gress's review against another edition

dark 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Violence, Infidelity, Classism, Stalking, Trafficking, and Death

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use

Minor: Suicide and Domestic abuse

darumachan's review

The characters are not rich or distinct enough for a multiple-POV narrative to work well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Misogyny, and Abandonment

elisalasater's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, Stalking, and Infidelity

Minor: Infertility, Gun violence, Deportation, Suicide, Mental illness, Alcoholism, and Domestic abuse