Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley

168 reviews

heidipretzel's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Murder, Stalking, Sexual content, and Trafficking

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Addiction, Blood, and Police brutality

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

readingtotravel's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Murder, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Sexual content

Minor: Bullying

craftygal's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Physical abuse, Blood, Addiction, Alcoholism, Sexual content, and Miscarriage

nanbwalt's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Sexual content

kathlynnsell's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Blood, Classism, Abandonment, Body horror, Murder, Violence, and Sexual content

ez2amuz's review against another edition

mysterious tense 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? Yes

2.0

Personally didn't love it. The characters were gross and creepy and I didn't find myself inves ed  in any of them. The mystery  was interesting and the twists were good but ultimately the characters were just sad and the story was depressing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Stalking, Kidnapping, and Trafficking

professormarple's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No

2.5

I might have enjoyed the twist at the end but by that point I was not really invested in any of the characters and mainly just wanted to finish to see what happened.

I could see this being enjoyed more by people who can visualize while reading and are more immersed in a book. I still don’t think it would be 5 stars for me because I think I prefer when a book doesn’t seem to be holding information back just for the sake of a plot twist later. If too much is directly hinted at ahead of time it frustrates me. Could work for a different type of reader where it might build suspense. 

Overall, I think I’m not the target audience.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual harassment and Sexual content

anilourengo's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

We follow Jess, who left her life in England to live with her brother Ben in Paris. When she arrives to Ben's apartment in Paris, she notices he disappeared, he isn't returning her calls and left the apartment without his wallet. So, she is convinced that something happened to her brother, and she won't stop until find what it was and where he is. She must start on his brother building, which seems to be full of weirdos. 

Unfortunately, is full of French bias, not because they are French are all promiscuous or are sexually driven... Mixing mystery with sexual content was definitely not my ally. With a big variety of personalities, I imagine a murder and identify the killer from the beginning, so most of the time I was really confused with all the sexual content, that for me was not necessary at all... Nevertheless, I didn't expect the twist at the end... 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcohol, Blood, Alcoholism, Murder, Drug use, and Stalking

Moderate: Addiction, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Death of parent, Infertility, Infidelity, Confinement, and Miscarriage

Minor: Self harm, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

amyowen's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Took me awhile to get into it, but once fully immersed the story is amazing! Full of twists and turns some of which you don’t expect. Towards the end, my jaw dropped! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Kidnapping, Murder, and Violence