A review by _inge
The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley

adventurous dark mysterious tense
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Yet another Lucy Foley book I devoured in two days. I love how she’s able to set a tense atmosphere from the first pages, even a cat jumping up suddenly feels really creepy. This book has a different premise than The Hunting Party or The Guest List, in that we do know who’s murdered
(although it turns out we don’t after all)
so we follow mostly Jess as she investigates. We get the viewpoints of other characters too, but Jess’ sections is where the plot really progresses. It felt more like a typical crime novel this way. The author tried to keep tension throughout this book, though the lack of any quieter moments meant this dwindled after a while. The middle section feels a lot less tense than the first and last sections of this book. Still, this was a really enjoyable read. Everyone’s flawed (and very frisky for some reason) and the personalities felt very vibrant.
I do wish the concierge would’ve been explored further. Where’s she off to, and why would the family even need one in the first place? For this genre and the constant tense atmosphere I expected a very dark ending. This ending was a lot more positive, and came very abruptly. I don’t know how Jess managed to find finances for a trip abroad, or a studio to say the least, and why would Ben even want to stay after all that’s happened? Wouldn’t it have been nice to stay together for a while longer?
Still, all in all I had a really good time reading this. 
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