Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic

131 reviews

simixfe's review against another edition

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

Moderate: Ableism, Biphobia, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, Death of parent, and Murder

e_ve_l_in's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.75

I love the characters, the tension between Neil and Andrew is driving me crazy though, don’t understand the rules of Exy yet but I love it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

lua_'s review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-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

5.0

Listen, this series is batshit insane, it does not make sense, it has a lot of plot holes, but by god is it good. Honestly if you want strong and well developed characters this is the series. I dont know how to explain it better then they are immensely addictive to read about. And this book (and the others) has one of the best Found family dynamics I've ever read about. 
The romance will take a little while to happen, but I promise its SO worth it. This series is 100% one of those guilty pleasures that you'll love. (Just don't focus on whether it makes sense or not, and be warned the more you get into it the more you'll have to be aware of the TWs)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, and Abandonment

mnemonide's review against another edition

dark fast-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? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Addiction and Alcohol

meliroo's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

violet_oops's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

carlyisnotliterate's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Homophobia, Physical abuse, and Blood

Minor: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Death of parent, and Murder

melaniereadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I have a new favorite series and I'm not sorry about it.  I'm going to find it slightly difficult to distinguish between the three books in my review because I read them all in a row, but I will do my best.

Neil is my favorite kind of character. He is so freaking chaotic and closed off but at the same time has the simplest wishes and needs and is willing to do literally anything to make them happen.  This boy will risk his life to play a sport for a year and have an opportunity to call a place home. I love him, I want to protect him, he is my new child.

There are some seriously dark aspects to this book. I knew about the content warnings going in, but I was still surprised with how dark it got in places.  There is forced drugging pretty quick in the series and the levels of abuse that these characters have faced in the past is absolutely horrifying but I love them so much.

I am not a huge sports person in real life but I freaking love Exy. It's made up, but is basically like a mix of lacrosse and handball and soccer.  Kevin Day is a treasure.  Andrew Minyard is a freaking demon and I love him. Nicky is too pure for this world. I love these idiot children. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual assault and Murder

Minor: Ableism, Homophobia, and Self harm

Slurs (homophobic and ableist)

foreverinastory's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Seriously though what the fuck is Exy?? Does anyone actually know. And no addicting is NOT an answer even though it's true.

Rep: Aspec male MC with PTSD and anxiety, queer side character that is addicted to drugs, Black female side character, half Mexican/biracial gay side character, side character with depression, Japanese side character, involvement of Japanese mafia.

CWs: Ableism (including use of r-slur), addiction, alcohol and alcohol abuse/binge drinking, bullying/hazing, cursing, drug abuse, drug use, drugging of character against their will, homophobia (use of slurs), mental illness (anxiety, PTSD, depression), murder, panic attacks/disorders, toxic friendship, violence, vomit, past mentions of child abuse, past mentions of domestic, emotional and physical abuse to child and spouse, death, death of parent, medical trauma, misogyny, suicidal thoughts/ideation, sexism.

More detailed break down of all CWs for the WHOLE SERIES 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Bullying, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

leeresbuchregal's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

big introduction in the story

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Violence, Grief, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood, and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship