Reviews tagging 'Torture'

The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic

58 reviews

bi_n_large's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug use, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Violence, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Torture and Physical abuse

infinite_helix's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

I literally cannot rate this. It’s amazing. It’s awful. I want to hide the characters away and also smack half of them upside the head for being assholes. So much problematic.  But omg did I devour this. Like in two days. As in: up till the wee hours squinting at my phone screen. As in: immediately had the urge to make myself a jersey for this fake college sports team. I love vicious, damaged people being unabashedly different, not doing anything by “normal” rules because they aren’t “normal” and shouldn’t have to pretend to be, and still there’s love and loyalty and it’s twisted and warped from trauma and pain but is it not still love? 

There’s something about seeing your ugly parts you’ve hidden being reflected so honestly in a book and being told you can still win and be a team and be a champion and leave the things you don’t want and move on and you don’t have to be soft, you can be ugly and callused and you’ll find your people who understand and know and are doing the same and they will love you and you will love them and that’s what it’s about.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Self harm, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Stalking, Death, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cursing, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, Ableism, Torture, Toxic friendship, Violence, Bullying, Outing, Mental illness, Trafficking, Child abuse, and Murder

Literally so many horrible things propelling all of the characters and their relationships but the overarching plot is that they are all (except for Andrew) desperate to play this sport that consumes their lives and gives them purpose. To the point they’re willing to face off against gangs and their horrible pasts barreling towards them for the chance to make this team legendary. They are all deeply traumatized and have terrible coping mechanisms and take it out on each other frequently. But they are also a team, and they will not let one of their number be taken away.

readermelodie's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious tense

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

3.5

Plot ⭐⭐⭐
Spice ❔
Banter 😂😂😂
Love-interests ❔ 

⚠️TW - torture, death, drug use and abuse, ...
✔️banter
✔️the whole new sport game - very entertaining
✔️ found family
✔️plot
❌the whole drug situation with Niel 
❌Andrew in general

Unsure, but amused. And also highly intrigued. 

》"Welcome home, Neil."《

Author followed !

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Torture

Moderate: Death, Alcohol, and Bullying

emilymarbeck's review against another edition

dark funny inspiring sad tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Hate crime, Child abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, and Toxic relationship

glass123banan's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Maybe it was the writing style or maybe it was a bit fast paced but the story itself didn’t really “suck me in”. I am willing to continue reading the series though, because it has gotten so much praise online. I’m just not sure this series is my cup of tea. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Alcohol, Child abuse, Addiction, Suicide, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Murder, Drug abuse, Torture, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Drug use, and Death

Minor: Vomit and Violence

vdvemma's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

Was I entertained? Yes. Will my therapist be hearing about this? Also yes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Drug use, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug abuse and Torture

trinitydej's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

listen… i wish i didn’t love this series as much as i do but! not for the faint of heart (can be triggering as hell) and some of the writing is…. not good but the characters really get you into the storyline

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Torture, Violence, and Child abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism and Addiction

rosie_rb13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, and Death of parent

valiiidus's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Grief, Animal death, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

camachoc's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I'm rereading this triology and i am having the time of my life. The writting is very basic, but nora sakavik really does  know what we readers want to read, and that's why this book is soooo fast pace. I was having a reading slump, and this series was just what i needed. Now I’m actually excited to continue my TBR!!!!
Most of the characters are/were fucked up. I mean…👀

Neil still remembered Kevin's breakdown […]

And this😌

“God damn it, Minyard. This is why we can't have nice  things”
“Oh, coach,” someone said over Neil’s  head. “If he was nice, he wouldn't be any use to us, would he?”
“He's no use to us if you break him”
“You'd rather i let him go? Put a band-aid on him and he'll be good as new ”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Torture, Sexual violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Rape

Moderate: Addiction, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Self harm

Minor: Car accident, Child abuse, and Death of parent