Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley

61 reviews

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

ashwaar's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.0

I read this book more on a whim rather than it being in my TBR. My partner had just finished it and he doesn’t read loads but he said it was really good and I should try it.

I kind of liked it but it was pretty average for the most part. Some of the reveals were cool but the writing was average. It was pretty slow for the most part and the plot was littered with cliches. It’s your basic thriller that would be sold at the front of an airport WHSmith’s, which is fine it that appeals to you, but it’s just not my taste.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicide, Death of parent, and Trafficking

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Drug use

ekclar's review

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual harassment, Violence, and Stalking

Moderate: Child abuse, Suicide, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, and Domestic abuse

louisesbookcorner_32's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Physical abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Classism, Gaslighting, Murder, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Stalking and Sexual content

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

black_cat_iiix'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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking

Moderate: Alcohol, Classism, Death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Blood, Misogyny, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Sexual content, Confinement, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Stalking, Car accident, Deportation, and Suicide

skeptic_hecate's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I enjoyed this book, it has the typical Lucy Foley style, it may start a little bit too similar to her previous book, however it is not a redundancy or a repetition. I like The Guest List better, however, this book is still very enjoyable. 

The cast of characters is more diverse than in her previous work, and the setting is realistic, really aids with the feeling of being helpless in a foreign place. The plot was a bit predictable, however the ending was definitely surprising. 

It does read a bit slower than one might like, the middle chapters do drag a bit, and Jess goes from being very stupid to very smart too easily to be believable. I wish she had a better memory, but I enjoyed her character nonetheless.

I will most likely read more books from this author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual violence, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Homophobia, Death of parent, Stalking, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Suicide and Sexual harassment

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

bookishwondergoth's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

I really struggled to remain interested in this. The revelations kind of saved it. RTC.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Trafficking, Stalking, Sexism, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Body shaming, Blood, Violence, Alcohol, Murder, and Drug use

Minor: Death of parent, Sexual violence, and Sexual content

_likethefruit's review

dark mysterious tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual violence, and Trafficking

Moderate: Child abuse and Stalking