Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic

21 reviews

laesterlurch's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Drug abuse, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Self harm, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Car accident, Gaslighting, Addiction, Alcohol, and Kidnapping

diana314's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

• 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

3.75

What is UP with this book?!? 😱🤯
I…. I should have read the trigger warnings beforehand, so I wouldn’t be surprised, that’s on me 😬😬
But… like… Neil is… he just needs to be protected, and the foxes are built different. That’s a compliment (I think).
The development that the relationship between Neil and the foxes,

specially with Andrew and Kevin

is insane, wild and I’m here for it. I guess you could call it slow burn, but not romantically, like, a found family slow burn, but VEEEERY slow lol
The ending is weird… like, the last chapter didn’t felt like a last chapter, the only thing it felt like an ending was the final quote (which, cute), but I strongly recommend having the second book at hand to start immediately after finishing this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Violence, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Death, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child death, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Rape, and Suicide

fanboyriot's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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

5.0

Read For:

Gay Sports

Hurt/Comfort

Chaotic Gays

Found Family

College Setting

This book is addictive and all things chaotic from the characters to the plot.  While it is filled with problems and poor choices it’s such a comfort series that I couldn’t imagine not re-reading it time and time again.

While there isn’t much that happens in this book (compared to the other two in the series) this book gets the setting out in place, you get to know the characters and no I have no idea why Nicky is so damn creepy in this book but trust me he gets better in the other two books.

It’s fun re-reading this series because you can see the slow burn settle in while if you’re reading this for the first time you’ll be just as confused and oblivious as Neil.  It’s truly amazing.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (5/5)

Release Date: 15, January 2013

POV: Third Person

Spice: n/a

Rep: Gay (SC), BIPOC (SCs), Mental illness (everyone)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child abuse, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Cursing, Death, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Addiction and Abandonment

Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia, Murder, Religious bigotry, Hate crime, Misogyny, Rape, Vomit, Gun violence, and Pedophilia

natnat_7'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Racism, Blood, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Suicide, Addiction, Drug use, Gaslighting, Gore, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Bullying, Stalking, Ableism, Grief, Violence, Homophobia, Acephobia/Arophobia, Medical content, Self harm, Sexism, Misogyny, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Body horror, Child abuse, Rape, Car accident, and Vomit

galpalkirk's review against another edition

dark funny tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

5.0

Finding out that this was originally supposed to be a manga explained everything and now I’m revising all my reviews to give it 5 stars because it is so fun. Truly the Riverdale of books. Bending the rules of reality because the author has never lived in reality.

Important: Do NOT take this as me recommending the series. Unless you’re my friend and you’re funny.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcohol, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Drug use, Hate crime, Self harm, Vomit, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Death, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Emotional abuse

shaylee_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

This is my all time favorite trilogy! I absolutely love this series and it will forever hold a special place in my heart.
Note: this book is VERY, VERY dark!! Please look at the content warnings because this book deals with a lot of triggers and trama. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

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, Gaslighting, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Violence

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

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

maclogue's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I realize this book series is written like a fan fiction and I don’t care. Almost every character is a bastard, but somehow I still love them. If you read this book please check trigger warnings! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Ableism, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, Hate crime, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

diifacto's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Child abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Cursing, Drug abuse, and Grief

If I remember correctly, the r-slur is used a few times as a synonym for "stupid."

violette_magpie's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Alcoholism and Child abuse