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Het appartement by Lucy Foley

155 reviews

aseel_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

This was such a good crime/thriller, I did not see any of the plot twists, it was done so well 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism and Stalking

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Cursing, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death of parent, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

capriqueen's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

A solid mystery. Did really well with the tense atmosphere, there were some moments that had my pulse seriously elevated

The MC felt a bit useless for about 80% of the book, as we learned most of the information from the other characters’ POV’s, but she was still a good MC

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Classism, and Stalking

Moderate: Body shaming, Misogyny, and Mental illness

Minor: Homophobia and Death of parent

farahbear's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

It had a pretty slow start, but quickly picked up about halfway through the book.

I initially didn’t like the main character Jess, but become quite fond of her later. 

While I think I preferred Foley’s The Guest List more, I do think this book is well written and has a  satisfying end. I also do admire that the book does try to touch upon some socioeconomic issues that prevail the world, mentioning the riots in Paris, and exploring how money and power is gained.

This book was less murder mystery, maybe due to how it was structured, and more “let’s learn secrets as we go along”. 

If the pacing at the beginning was better, I may have liked this book more. I wouldn’t discourage anyone from reading it tho. If you’re interested, go ahead!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

1.25

...Yet another thriller that I did not enjoy.  It was filled with characters that had one main facet which was being awful.  Would not recommend.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Police brutality, Fatphobia, Abandonment, Violence, Vomit, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Grief, Sexism, Trafficking, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug abuse, Blood, Bullying, Body shaming, Child abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Classism, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Infertility, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Xenophobia, and Suicide

chelle22's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Kidnapping, Violence, Abandonment, Deportation, Sexual content, Suicide, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Classism, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Homophobia, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Stalking

kccool12255's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Stalking, Infidelity, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Violence, Addiction, Death, Murder, Alcohol, Death of parent, Blood, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, and Vomit

Minor: Infertility, Biphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Cancer, and Car accident

emoxxecologist's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

This book was pretty crazy and suspenseful throughout, up to the end. 

Jess goes to see her brother in Paris, but when she gets there, he’s nowhere to be found. Starting off, I know something isn’t right about this. Throughout the story we are given clues to what may have happened to Ben and who might be responsible through different character POVs, all of whom are living in this complex. One by one, their flaws and motives begin to surface as Jess is poking around and asking questions about Ben. But it turns out that none of them can be trusted. 

I probably blew through this one way too quick, but it was really good. I love a good thriller/mystery, and this one ticked all of my boxes. The plot wasn’t obvious even though there were clues- I wasn’t sure who was responsible for Ben’s disappearance up until the end. The illicit activities of some of the characters weren’t a surprise because that is a plot device in so many books now. The human trafficking is unfortunately common in all countries in modern times, but how it links back some of the women in the book was unexpected. Foley did a great job of bringing everything full circle and wrapping it up for us with a neat little bow at the end. 

Question- Am I the only one thinking that Ben was dead the whole time? I swore at the end they were going to find a dead body up in that attic! I did not expect him to be alive!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Violence, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexism, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Classism

Minor: Stalking and Rape

halflingnana's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Homophobia, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Violence, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Murder, and Vomit

veronicandoit's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Violence, and Death

lexithelion's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This is such a good mystery. I love Lucy Foley's style of writing multi-perspective books as it makes you question what you really know about the characters. She is great at leading you off the scent of what actually happened to Ben, and the mystery is written perfectly. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Grief, Murder, Misogyny, and Alcoholism