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A review by charbck
The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
mysterious
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
1.0
poorly written, cliche and surface level characters, twist was boring, forced romance, and overall vague. foley: every chapter should not end in 😏🤨😏🤨
what was jess actually running from, theft? thats it? lazy excuse for her refusing to go to the cops. what happened to theo after he’s arrested? nada. the riots? happening why? a point? never explained. antoine never has a pov and is just the villain? lazy. nick has a history with ben and both of their feelings about that were never fully explored, which is a wasted opportunity. but now that i think of it, none of the characters feelings about anything were ever fully explored. except for mimi being obsessive, and no other character traits after that. whatever
what is the most lazy and disappointing is the emphasis on “everything that happened here (the doomed, devilish apartment) is because of ben…” but like, what actually happened before the murder? an affair, sure. but i hate how every character, esp the concierge, hyped up the apartment complex to be this sort of trap… luring everyone in… the center of so many “terrible things” that r never explained. like at least make it haunted or smth like bly manor style. give me a reason to be scared of the apartment if ur gonna emphasize that over the ppl in it.
also the concierge (who is never named btw?????) like what even. she has loyalty to this family bc they r caring for her granddaughter, even tho she should hate them for what they did to her daughter !! everyone treats her like trash but shes been working there 20 yrs??? and mimi never discovers that the concierge is her blood, but the concierge is still going to the south of france to what… stalk mimi more?
also, and this is a preference thing, but i could count the (not cliche) figurative language occurrences on one hand. if ur gonna set the story in such a spooky and beautiful place … at least make an effort in describing it
LAZY! WRITING!
what is the most lazy and disappointing is the emphasis on “everything that happened here (the doomed, devilish apartment) is because of ben…” but like, what actually happened before the murder? an affair, sure. but i hate how every character, esp the concierge, hyped up the apartment complex to be this sort of trap… luring everyone in… the center of so many “terrible things” that r never explained. like at least make it haunted or smth like bly manor style. give me a reason to be scared of the apartment if ur gonna emphasize that over the ppl in it.
also the concierge (who is never named btw?????) like what even. she has loyalty to this family bc they r caring for her granddaughter, even tho she should hate them for what they did to her daughter !! everyone treats her like trash but shes been working there 20 yrs??? and mimi never discovers that the concierge is her blood, but the concierge is still going to the south of france to what… stalk mimi more?
also, and this is a preference thing, but i could count the (not cliche) figurative language occurrences on one hand. if ur gonna set the story in such a spooky and beautiful place … at least make an effort in describing it
LAZY! WRITING!