Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley

78 reviews

krosebooks's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

This book had interesting perspectives through the characters. I liked that the chapters were short and the writing style flowed well through out the book, keep pushing me through the book. The mystery side of things I found a little predictable, but I think the author used that on purpose because while I did predict some things I didn't predict everything that happened in the climax. 

Has Salt Burn vibes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Outing, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

brookey8888's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This was fine, thank for it was different then her other two books. I didn’t find anything shocking and was kind of bored for the most part , but it was interesting enough for me to finish. To be honest I would probably skip this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

anilourengo's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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? No

3.0

We follow Jess, who left her life in England to live with her brother Ben in Paris. When she arrives to Ben's apartment in Paris, she notices he disappeared, he isn't returning her calls and left the apartment without his wallet. So, she is convinced that something happened to her brother, and she won't stop until find what it was and where he is. She must start on his brother building, which seems to be full of weirdos. 

Unfortunately, is full of French bias, not because they are French are all promiscuous or are sexually driven... Mixing mystery with sexual content was definitely not my ally. With a big variety of personalities, I imagine a murder and identify the killer from the beginning, so most of the time I was really confused with all the sexual content, that for me was not necessary at all... Nevertheless, I didn't expect the twist at the end... 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Blood, Stalking, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Cursing, Drug abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

suchallie's review

challenging 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

Overall a good read, different from the other two I’ve read by this author. The structure was interesting. The twists and turns often outed themselves just before they happened and it picked up far too much in the last 40 pages compared to the slow burn of the rest of the book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual content, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Infertility, Vomit, Police brutality, and Classism

Minor: Domestic abuse and Suicide

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

Minor: Sexual assault and Trafficking

dcnireads's review

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Police brutality, 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: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

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

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

bessadams's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Graphic: Infidelity, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexism, Sexual content, Police brutality, Death of parent, and Deportation

Minor: Suicide

larareads's review

dark hopeful mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual violence, Suicide, Police brutality, and Death of parent

kkopacetic's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail