Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic

298 reviews

amoonymess's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.25

This book is so bad it actually turns all the way around and it turns out so good that you end up obsessed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Blood, Cursing, Murder, Alcohol, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Medical content, Alcoholism, Car accident, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Stalking, Torture, Violence, Child abuse, Death of parent, Vomit, Homophobia, and Gun violence

Minor: Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Stalking, Torture, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexism, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, and Outing

sammy357's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism

soulsafire's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Death of parent, Alcohol, Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Blood, Sexual harassment, and Homophobia

malakelgindy's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

3.75

i feel like a 10-rate scale makes more sense. this was fun. i dont think its generally a literary piece but its one of those books that is so easy to binge, entertaining, has enough background lore and intriguing characters. its excellent for reading slumps and just wanting to sit and read a book that doesn't need effort. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse

okays1331's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Drug use, Drug abuse, Sexual harassment, and Physical abuse

Minor: Homophobia

Lots of on page drinking and drug use/abuse Lots of anger issues and broken homes for all the students Casual Use of the f slur and r slur (as in used as another swear word, not as part of violence)

sleepybythelake's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

I'll update this once I have time, but loved this so much! These kids are just insane, I love them.

UPDATE
So I'm actually writing after finishing The Raven King. I literally read that after I finished this one. Basically, I've read a book a day lol 

ANYWAY, I liked The Foxhole Court a lot. I was kinda in a reading slump and this took me out of it!
I kept reading, I couldn't put the book down, I needed to know more. This was soooo entraining, although of course the characters have to deal with some real shit.
Neil is so funny istg, Kevin a must protect and Andrew is... well insane, but he grew up on me at the end (THOUGH NOT AS MUCH AS IN THE SECOND BOOK OMG)
The other main characters are just the best. I know I said this already but I love all of them so so much.

Like, I'm so excited I can't even find the words! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Addiction, and Cursing

nikoops's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

As you will probably read in several reviews: people generally do not recommend this book despite giving it 5/5 stars. It’s a fun read, one that I have read over and over again, but it’s not without its flaws. Be sure to read the warnings others post. 

Describing The Foxhole Court (and The All for the Game series as a whole) is difficult. It’s decently written, with interesting character studies; the plot is fairly ridiculous, and borderline non-sensical, but all in all it’s fun. It’s the CW show of your sport’s books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Panic attacks/disorders, Ableism, Addiction, Mental illness, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death, Gun violence, Child abuse, Murder, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Car accident, Physical abuse, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Bullying

This book contains use of the “r”-word, as well as terms used to describe disability that are not okay. It also has non-consensual drug use/kissing.

di_the_reader's review against another edition

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Violence, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, and Child abuse

ptsd

nightstitch96's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Death, Child abuse, Murder, Homophobia, and Death of parent

soupformyfamily's review against another edition

inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Minor: Sexual assault and Drug abuse