Reviews tagging 'Rape'

The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic

69 reviews

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

Moderate: Addiction, Self harm, and Acephobia/Arophobia

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

paper_aphid's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder

aesnthcs's review against another edition

slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Blood, and Alcohol

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

canadia_valentine's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

The best series I’ve read in a long time. I can’t get the characters out of my mind.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting

vpiuke's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

i think this is a solid 4 stars for me. while the plot is constantly all over the place (sports, mafia, drugs, violence, found family, gay guys???) and all the characters are messy as fuck, it is a captivating read all the same and i couldn't put it down until the very end. 
even if the plot themes might be controversial, something that can't be denied is how well-written the story is. the writing style is very similar to maggie stiefvater's in 'the raven cycle' books, so if you're a fan of those, i'd give this one a shot :)
i did enjoy the story itself. it is well structured and it evolves at a good pace, never too obvious but hinting at what's coming next. the characters are original and come in nicely together, as a group they're very well balanced and developed. the sport side of the story is a clever counterpoint to the other sub plots, and i personally really enjoy how it compliments all the drama that the characters inherently carry with them. it lets the story breathe while also keeping a steady pace. 
this is a very violent story though. maybe not that much in this first book, but it gets heavier as the plot progresses in the next ones. there's trauma, there's physical, sexual and emotional abuse, there's guns and knives and torture and self harm. if you're ok with these and are up for a dense, emotional tale, then you found the one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

li_reading's review against another edition

0.25

To everyone who told me I needed to finish a series before calling it problematic. I finished it. It got worse. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape and Self harm

lumiha's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.5

Deserves 5 Stars for being a comfort story/ fandom of mine but objectively speaking you have to admit that it’s not a very well written book or overall that great. 
I also highly advise people to check the trigger warnings before reading this one because there is some heavy stuff in there. If you’re here for a quick read and don’t mind the mentioned triggers I do think you could give it a go but I don’t think I would ever really recommend this book to someone even though I like it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Self harm

apolline_s's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Violence, Kidnapping, and Sexual harassment

elliiecrne22's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad fast-paced

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

5.0

please don't read this series if you're not already extremely fucked up and have nothing to lose. the writing is terrible, it doesn't make sense, there are extremely harmful stereotypes and painfully outdated language, and the whole series is just one huge trigger warning. if you love bullshit for the sake of shock value, maybe give it a try. this series has taken over my life and i wouldn't have it any other way. but that does NOT mean i'd recommend it to anyone, necessarily. just...be careful. go read the raven cycle or six of crows instead.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

the author is shit and uses the worst plot points imaginable for shock value. she's also just fucked in the head. this whole series is fucked up.

cozybookseller's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Violence, Medical trauma, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Blood, Car accident, and Death of parent