Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic

92 reviews

katiec888's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, and Child abuse

katanai's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

the ending … left me on such a cliffhanger. cant wait to pick up the next book of the series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Addiction

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Rape

the R word is used a bit by the coach as well as the F slur by a teammate.

loverofeels's review against another edition

dark tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

problematic as hell (shocking amounts of ableism as well as some racism and homophobia for good measure) and i can't explain anything that was good about it but i must admit this was an intoxicating book and there's a decent chance i will be reading the sequels

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Ableism, Alcohol, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Racism, Death of parent, Homophobia, and Violence

Minor: Rape

star_witch's review against another edition

dark funny tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.0

I loved it. 

Seth's death was a plot device. Change my mind. You can't cause I'm right.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Child abuse

Moderate: Acephobia/Arophobia, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Abandonment, and Alcohol

wynterymess's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Acephobia/Arophobia, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Alcoholism, Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Violence, Gun violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

seanwane's review against another edition

4.0

one chihuahua vs the literal mob, who will win? 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Drug abuse, Ableism, Violence, Drug use, Death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Addiction

lu_fabre's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent

canadia_valentine's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The best series I’ve read in a long time. I can’t get the characters out of my mind.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Rape, Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

sistershelves_fasya's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Homophobia, Domestic abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Death and Death of parent

vpiuke's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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? Yes

4.0

i think this is a solid 4 stars for me. while the plot is constantly all over the place (sports, mafia, drugs, violence, found family, gay guys???) and all the characters are messy as fuck, it is a captivating read all the same and i couldn't put it down until the very end. 
even if the plot themes might be controversial, something that can't be denied is how well-written the story is. the writing style is very similar to maggie stiefvater's in 'the raven cycle' books, so if you're a fan of those, i'd give this one a shot :)
i did enjoy the story itself. it is well structured and it evolves at a good pace, never too obvious but hinting at what's coming next. the characters are original and come in nicely together, as a group they're very well balanced and developed. the sport side of the story is a clever counterpoint to the other sub plots, and i personally really enjoy how it compliments all the drama that the characters inherently carry with them. it lets the story breathe while also keeping a steady pace. 
this is a very violent story though. maybe not that much in this first book, but it gets heavier as the plot progresses in the next ones. there's trauma, there's physical, sexual and emotional abuse, there's guns and knives and torture and self harm. if you're ok with these and are up for a dense, emotional tale, then you found the one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Mental illness, Torture, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Kidnapping, Murder, Toxic friendship, Violence, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Death, Emotional abuse, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, and Self harm