Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic

223 reviews

rafacolog's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Torture, Death of parent, and Murder

shivani_reads's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

I'm not into sports AT ALL, and don't really care for mafia stories either, so I'm really not sure how I got here. But I already know I don't want to leave... 

I read this within 24 hours and went straight on to the sequel. And no, I couldn't tell you why. Seriously. 

This book is unhinged. The characters should all be in therapy, on a psych ward or in prison, there's literally no in-between.

The plot is outrageous and unrealistic on multiple levels, and boy is there some problematic stuff in here 😬 

...And yet I could not put this down. 

These broken young people and the DRAMA of it all. I have absolutely no clue what this sport is supposed to be that their lives all revolve around - I'm just here for these messy, fucked up dudes (and especially whatever the hell seems to be brewing between Neil and Andrew 👀)

This felt like an anime in all the best and worst ways. It's edgy, it's cringey, and it's objectively pretty bad in places... But I cannot get enough of it. 

Do I recommend it? Absolutely not. But is it a new guilty pleasure that I'm about to make my whole personality? 100%.

[If you do venture into this chaos, PLEASE check the trigger warnings, because it is A LOT.]

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug use, and Mental illness

Moderate: Ableism, Cursing, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Murder

crabinspace's review

dark emotional inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

xs3th's review

dark mysterious fast-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Homophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

soso_soor2389's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

cait's review against another edition

challenging funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

jessthebesst's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

1.5

I was so confused by this book. I checked a few times to make sure this was the first one in the series ( it is). I don't even know what genre this book is. There's a ton of characters but they're not distinct enough for me to keep track of who is who. They give you nobody to root for, nothing really happens. The writing is not great. The audiobook narrator does his best with what he has. I cannot fault the audiobook narrator, all of these stars are for him doing his best with what he had. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

alibrarymouse's review

challenging dark 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

There’s no reason for this book to make sense, but I don’t love it any less for that. Nora Sakavic does an excellent job of drawing readers into the craziest story she could tell while making it engaging and encouraging readers to root for the characters. I adore Neil and want the best for him even though this book tells you almost nothing about him. 

Plot gets a bit wild at times and it’s all super quickly paced. However, the perspective really makes it work and gets readers into Neil’s mindset. Sure we don’t exactly learn a lot about others, but Neil’s an exceptionally well-done unreliable narrator, so of course we wouldn’t. Overall, this is a book that’s easy to binge, but definitely check content warnings for it and others in the series because they’re intense. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

somills's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense

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

5.0

“Remember this feeling. This is the moment you stop being the rabbit.”

Is it problematic? Yes. Does it make sense? No. Is it poorly-edited? Yes. AND YET. Here I am, six months and two rereads later, with a bedroom full of foxes and Andrew Minyard fan art, simping over another murderous blonde twink, practically doomsday prepping for the release of The Sunshine Court. What has my life become?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Ableism and Acephobia/Arophobia

Please heed the content warnings. This is not an easy series, and they should be taken very seriously. If you’re impacted by any of them, please consider. *Content warnings are for the series as a whole*

rayyyyyyyy's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual assault

Minor: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, and Self harm