Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Sunshine Court by Nora Sakavic

46 reviews

starrypinksky's review

dark emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Violence, Vomit, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, and War

natnat_7's review

dark emotional funny hopeful 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: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

what_the_puck's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Grief, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

emuewe's review

dark emotional hopeful sad tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Child death and Self harm

Minor: Murder

fanboyriot's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

♡ Jean Healing

♡ So Many Queer Characters

♡ Jeremy Being an Absolute Sweetheart

Everything about this book was fucking amazing!!  And the fact Nora had her sister design the cover again was so awesome.  While yes, a lot of this book was sad and filled with all the things Jean had to deal with—or at least most of the things he had to deal with, there was healing, a glimpse of hope for him and oh my god, if he doesn’t get the happiest of endings I will riot. 

Jeremy, the sunshine court himself was so wholesome.  His patients with Jean was written so lovely.  Their friendship (that hopefully is something more later) is so wonderful.  Jeremy doesn’t push Jean but doesn’t let him get away with his old methods of self-comfort.  There is a lot of work for Jean to do as far as getting fid of the Raven mentality/lifestyle but it’s so nice to see the start of healing with the shit hand of life he was dealt.  All the moments were Cat was teaching Jean how to cook and the forehead kisses were everything.  And Wymack being the stubborn person he can be, helping Jean while he recovers, like bro—I love Wymack so much 😭 he treated Jean as if he were one of his foxes.

Kevin being called out for his fanboy behavior for the USC Trojans had be laughing so much.  Neil being an absolute icon with his attitude problem still intact, and his ability to be a little shit to all authority figures was hilarious to read.  I was also really happy about Jean and Renee’s friendship, it was perfect.

Overall, I adored this book.  Reading about all the old characters again was so nice and the new characters were wonderful (a few got what they deserved, they know who they are) but USC is going to be a wonderful place to Jean to get the life he finally deserves.  And I’m so happy for him.

Spice Level: n/a

Angst Level: 💧💧💧💧💧 (5/5)

POV: Duel, Third Person

Release Date: 13, April 2024

Rep: Bisexual(Main Character), Gay, Queer (Main and Side Characters), Lesbian (Side Characters), Trans (Side Character), Non-Binary (Side Character), Poly (Side Characters), LGBTQIA+ (Main and Side Characters, BIPOC (Side Characters)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Gore, Homophobia, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Vomit, Medical content, and Suicide attempt

jokehelldo's review

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

This was actually good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Physical abuse

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Rape

pa1nted's review

dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Trafficking, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Minor: Confinement, Homophobia, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, and Abandonment

peachy_reads's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death

acebookwyrm's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

"You are captain of the sunshine court. In no universe could you be anyone's villain."

Nora Sakavic is back with an unexpected addition to the AFTG series and it is just as much a wild ride as the other books. With a larger cast of characters and multiple POVs, she expands this world and further explores characters we only got glimpses of previously. I was hooked on every word and refused to put the book down until I was finished. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Death

melaethonia's review

dark emotional inspiring sad slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Suicide

Minor: Suicide attempt