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The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley

60 reviews

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

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

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

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

chelseylb1988's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Stalking, Confinement, Grief, Violence, Trafficking, Death of parent, Blood, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Murder

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

kmesserl's review

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

1.75

 I’ve been wracking my brain trying to figure out why this book didn’t work for me and I think I figured it out.

In the very first chapter of the book we learn that something nefarious has happened to Ben, our protagonist’s older brother. This isn’t a spoiler; we also learn this from the summary of the book. However, we spend the first third of the book waiting for Jess, our protagonist, to catch up with us. And while Jess is a moderately likable main character it is infuriating to wait for her to stumble into information we gleaned from the first chapter. And while we’re waiting for her to catch up to us, absolutely nothing happens in this story. Of course we’re introduced to the other quirky residents of the apartment building, but it just dithers the way a reality tv show might.

And then we have a fun little twist introduced in the middle of the story - a twist which I did like - but the unfortunate side effect of this twist is it makes the whodunnit element of this mystery inconsequential.

I mean I did finish the book, so there was a certain level of entertainment. The ending is good, but I don’t think it makes up for all of the meandering you have to get through before the story actually starts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking

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

chaos_and_chapters's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious relaxing sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Violence, Murder, and Sexism

Moderate: Sexual content, Grief, Sexual violence, Suicide, Trafficking, Alcoholism, Blood, Addiction, Death, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Stalking, and Abandonment

Minor: Pregnancy

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

lwoolfolk's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Infertility, Trafficking, and Stalking

rhaselpaq's review

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Stalking, Trafficking, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicide, Deportation, Infertility, Police brutality, and Drug use