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The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley

34 reviews

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

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

Wow, that's, uh, that's a lot

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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

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

fraise's review against another edition

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: Infidelity, Mental illness, Stalking, Violence, Death, Fatphobia, Classism, Blood, Body shaming, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Police brutality, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Trafficking, and Sexual content

Minor: Vomit, Suicide, Deportation, Homophobia, and Pregnancy

growintogardens's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.0

Enjoyed isn't quite the right word for this book, but it kept my attention and I think overall made a good thriller. It also surprised me a few times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Stalking

Moderate: Misogyny, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, Rape, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Murder, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, and Infertility

Minor: Drug abuse, Police brutality, Body shaming, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, and Homophobia

prairieraven's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Alcohol, Confinement, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Trafficking, Addiction, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Blood, Body shaming, Classism, Cursing, Infidelity, Murder, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, and Drug use

lakea's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Classism, Alcoholism, and Police brutality

Moderate: Trafficking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Child death, Suicide, Stalking, Gun violence, Grief, Drug use, Misogyny, and Kidnapping

Minor: Suicide

aformeracceleratedreader's review

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.25

Foley does it again! It is another super good read for me. Do I think things wrapped up a little too nicely in the end? Yes, but I couldn't put it down and read it in one sitting. 
Def check trigger/content warnings tho

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Physical abuse, Infidelity, Classism, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Infertility, and Vomit

mari_books's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-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

4.75

This book had me on every page, almost impossible to put down. This is truely a suspense novel that is creepy, eerie, violent and charged in every interaction. I enjoyed the pacing thoroughly, and loved how the characters get more and more depraved with time. I thought the ending felt a bit rushed for how deeply invested we are in all the subplots of the characters with real issues but not mad about it. The family is complex and truly disturbed. Knocking off a fraction of the star because I felt like the backstory of Jess and Ben was somehow the least believable part of the book. This is not a book where anyone is a good person, or a likeable person - so just be warned!z  I am pleasantly surprised how different this feels from The Guest book but it’s clearly in her style. I look forward to reading more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Blood, Murder, Pedophilia, and Police brutality