Reviews - The Foxhole Court

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The Foxhole Court

Nora Sakavic

3.86 AVERAGE

who_knew's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous tense

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Complicated

oh.... you know what? I might be into this.

So first of all, I thought this was a gay romantasy with a weird cover. I took it on a recommendation from someone who normally reads fantasy. It's called the ____ ____ Court. I- yeah, I was like "Okay... so there's lacrosse... where's the magic tho? Someone's gonna cheat at the lacrosse with magic?"

Anyway, and then I thought it was just sports and was like "Not gay. Not romance. Not fantasy... huh??" And then I went to check on something here, and it IS labeled as LGBT.

I had to google who the pairing was even going to be. It is NOT who I was expecting... but I'm all the more excited because of that.

Bro, he's gonna get with Andrew????? Andrew The Medically Subdued Crazy??? Oh- oh, that might be fucking stellar, actually.

As much as I'm laughing at myself for having thought this was a fantasy novel, I actually had to kind of put myself into my Fantasy Reader headspace to enjoy it. There's a huge cast, and I think we're actually going to find that every single character is hugely important and relevant and fleshed out (which makes things overwhelming at first). There's a made up sport. Fuck it -- that's the magic. I don't know the rules! I'm sure there are rules. I'm sure I'll learn about them in time to know anything important that involves following or breaking them!There are are these families at play, this secret dynastic power. Read it as a fantasy. It makes so much more sense that way.

I spent 75% of this book on the edge of a DNF... but fuck it I think I'm in. I think I'm converted.

Andrew is motherfucking crazy. Kevin is massively suspicious. I want to know where this is going actually!! Damn. They got me.

98zzx43's review against another edition

5.0

slow-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

achinglyshy's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

"family means something different with us because it has to. it's not about blood. it's not even about who we like. it's about who andrew is willing to protect."

okay so! reading this series has been a long time coming because i've wanted to fully understand the birdverse hype for years, and while this book didn't immediately pull me in as much as the raven cycle did, it has intrigued me nonetheless!!

i was vaguely aware of a lot of the triggers going into things, but idk some stuff still rubbed me the wrong way or made it difficult for me to really like certain characters, probably because we don't see much else of them besides these questionable actions because neil doesn't. so that being said, i feel like this book is definitely a grower in the sense that, if i were to reread it after finishing the series and developing a stronger attachment to and knowledge of these characters, i'll probably enjoy it more

but despite all that, i still enjoyed it and am looking forward to the next book!! i know there are still some iconic characters i need to meet fully (*cough* *cough* jean moreau), so i'm excited about that!!! and i'm very interested to see the andreil development, assuming they are actually canon and not just a crazy popular fanon ship lmao

irenecarpes's review against another edition

5.0

Where to fucking start. I really didn't expect this kind of book, I was aware of all the trigger warnings (quite a lot) but I thought they would be all over the place, and making no sense at all regarding the real plot (sports). I really like the slow set up of the characters´ backgrounds, it really makes you have your own criteria about each fox.

Basically, how can it not be one of my faves if there is "found family" involved? And, that everyone is a waste of society in their own way its the icing on the cake.

It makes sense that this books is considered problematic tho, since there´s some, let´s call it situations, forgotten and not well resolved, that could be triggering for some and, if not forgotten, could have affected the plot hugely.