Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley

441 reviews

pinktink415's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Absolutely loved all the twists and turns!! I found myself gasping a few times and also pausing to make sure I was understanding some stuff. Absolutely loved it!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Abandonment

Minor: Police brutality

_fallinglight_'s review against another edition

3.25

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Not the best book I've read lately but also not the worst worst. I struggled for 3 days to get past the 20% point and was so close to dnfing it bc it has a ridiculously unenticing start. I wasn't impressed by the writing. I was super distracted by the multiple POVs, the jumpy feel of the chapters, and I was so removed from the lackluster writing that although it hasn't been something I've paid much attention reading other books, the first person present-tense here jambled my brain and irritated me so much. Instead of putting me in the story it took me out of it.  But I powered through it and by the 52% mark I was entertained enough by the twists and things finally started happening, the story picks up. There's a plot twist that's straight out of a telenovela and things reminding me of telenovelas always reach my heart lol (in fact, the whole book has a telenovela feel now that I think about it). The appearance of the kitty was also a plus. But honestly, if I hadn't used this book for one of my reading challenges prompts and been too lazy to dnf it bc I didn't wanna start a new book over, I don't think I would've read it to the end. But I did, and if you really commit, the craziness in the story makes up for the lackluster feel.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Suicide, Blood, Death of parent, Murder

Minor: Fatphobia, Vomit

trishah05's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual violence

escullin's review against another edition

3.0

mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder

lifewithjoce's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Trafficking, Murder

Minor: Biphobia

lyricallit's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark mysterious

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Enjoyed this and kind of enjoyed making predictions. This is third time around with Foley, so I like to think I got a little better at tracking her clues and making predictions. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Trafficking, Murder

Minor: Alcoholism, Suicide

matcha_pages's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Murder

themoodreader's review against another edition

2.0

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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual content, Blood, Police brutality, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition

2.5

dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Infertility, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder

uranaishi's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Infidelity, Blood, Death of parent, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Homophobia, Rape, Medical content, Abortion, Pregnancy