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The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley

55 reviews

kateea7536'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I loveee Lucy Foley’s writing style of switching between the different characters and perspectives. It is gripping and page turning and I like the short chapters. I thought the twists and turns and depth of the plot were great and the latter half of the book was extremely clever. I gave Guest List 5 stars, which utterly blew me away but I didn’t like this book as much because I found it very slow paced for the first three hundred pages or so, and I found the protagonist quite irritating. I felt there was a lot of repetition in what was happening and not much variety, but then the ending did deliver. Overall, a great author and thrilling read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Murder, Drug use, Death, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Violence, Sexual content, Suicide, and Blood

melliebean28's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

That ending... Was not expecting that at all. I love multiple POV setting and this delivered in the best way. The breadcrumbs left in each chapter and pov were so well put together.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Murder

Minor: Domestic abuse, Trafficking, Child abuse, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Suicide, and Sexual assault

wylda_bee's review

dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Grief, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Incest, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Rape, Infidelity, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Suicide, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Confinement, Self harm, and Violence

sleepylit's review

dark emotional mysterious 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

3.5

It’s honestly a great story, but it has an extremely slow beginning in my opinion. It took at least ten chapters for me to stop falling asleep in the midst of reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Car accident, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcoholism, Suicide, Police brutality, Body horror, Classism, Domestic abuse, Violence, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Death of parent, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Vomit, and Trafficking

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

bringmybooks's review

dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

2.75

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I told my friend that I had never read any of Lucy Foley's books but had borrowed The Paris Apartment and The Guest List from the library - she told me she much preferred The Guest List (and most other people seem to feel the same way) - so I thought, "Ok, well then I'll read The Paris Apartment first, so it can only go up from here!"

And, well, let's hope it goes up from here. This one was very middle of the road for me, a lot a lot a lot a lot of content warnings (some unnecessary, imo) but there were a couple of twisty twists so I guess that's fun. 

It's hard to say "Oh, I don't think you should read this," because it's a fast paced, quick read, and if you super enjoy that kind of suspenseful thriller book I think you might like it. But at the same time if someone asks me to recommend them a suspense / thriller book, this isn't the first (or second .... or third) one I would go for.

Now on to The Guest List...!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, and Trafficking

Moderate: Kidnapping, Suicide, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Death of parent, Infertility, Violence, and Cursing

tori2629's review

dark mysterious tense fast-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

I enjoyed this book a lot! I listened on Audiobook, and the pacing and progression kept my interest from start to finish. Sure, I guessed one or two things early on, some of the details were not super subtle, but that said, I'd say three main "reveals" were still surprising to me. None of the characters were particularly "likeable", but in this case, I didn't mind. I honestly liked it just as much as The Guest List, and I have her other books on my To-Read list. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Medical trauma, Drug abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Confinement, Infidelity, Drug use, and Mental illness

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

alisonfaith426'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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Mental illness, Trafficking, Cursing, and Death

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Murder, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Grief, Abandonment, and Confinement

laurw's review

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Eating disorder, Death, Murder, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Cursing, Sexual content, and Sexual assault