Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic

168 reviews

giou's review

• Loveable characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcohol, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Murder

Minor: Vomit

earth2sammi's review

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

This was maybe my 25th time reading this but it's my favorite series in the world and if I don't read it at least every 2 years I will have a conniption. I love Neil and KEVIN and Renee and Matt and Dan and ANDREW <3 and Wymack and Bee and Aaron a little bit and also Nicky and Allison and Jean even though he wasn't in this book. Neil is a capricorn who has a big mouth, an attitude problem, and paranoid tendencies. He's just like me. Maybe my all time favorite character ever? I will need to make a list.......

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Murder

chibiii's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Violence, Vomit, Alcohol, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Addiction, Blood, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Drug use, and Mental illness

emilymarbeck's review

dark funny inspiring 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Hate crime, Child abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, and Toxic relationship

slightlylostwriter's review

dark emotional 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? Yes

3.0

On both subjective and objective levels, this book had many problems, some of which bothered me greatly, others which didn't, except on a few occasions. It had many flaws, but I had fun with it. It's bizarre. It's all over the place. It's short but could've been shorter. The characters are very over the top. Some concerning things are glossed over that should not be so (ableist and homophobic language, a SA scene, nonconsensual drugging to name a few), and you should be aware of this going into the book.

If I was Neil, and thankfully I'm not, I would've left the foxes at the very least after Eden. Most of them are not good people, which can be attributed to their trauma in most cases but does not make everything they say or do okay in any way. I care for them as fictional people but would not want to be associated with them in real life.

This book is not for everyone, and it is a MUST to read the trigger warnings cause there are MANY.

I will read the rest of the series because I care about the characters, and it was a fun read because of how ridiculous it was. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, and Emotional abuse

glass123banan's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Maybe it was the writing style or maybe it was a bit fast paced but the story itself didn’t really “suck me in”. I am willing to continue reading the series though, because it has gotten so much praise online. I’m just not sure this series is my cup of tea. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Alcohol, Child abuse, Addiction, Suicide, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Murder, Drug abuse, Torture, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Drug use, and Death

Minor: Vomit and Violence

purrson's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.75

I was surprised by the plot—I didn’t know much going in—but it was so good I couldn’t put it down. I love these characters, the drama is rooted in so much realism and details of how Neil’s trauma manifests, how he tries to navigate moving from a constant state of survival mode into building a stable present is so well done. The author clearly understands ptsd and the text is richer for it. The relationships are built slowly and I love the characters so much I wasn’t disappointed. Can’t wait to see how the next books go.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, and Drug use

foxfirepages's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Vomit, Child abuse, Alcohol, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Violence, Addiction, and Mental illness

Moderate: Ableism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Bullying, Murder, Suicide, and Death of parent

Minor: Homophobia

jjnich's review

dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Biphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Hate crime, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Acephobia/Arophobia, Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Grief, Murder, and Violence

lilholmn's review

adventurous emotional funny tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Murder, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Blood, and Homophobia