Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

The Sunshine Court by Nora Sakavic

106 reviews

katerina_l's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful relaxing sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual harassment, Torture, Rape, Suicide attempt, Death, Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Mental illness

serraphsolaris's review

challenging dark emotional funny tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Blood, and Grief

Minor: Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

earth2sammi's review

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Nora girl you have done it again ❤️  don’t think I’ll ever have the words to describe what this series means to me. I’ve been rereading this series for around 10 years now, and it has such a big piece of my heart. I’m so glad that the series is continuing, especially with such a beloved character 😭

When I first read this series, I was obsessed with the idea of Renee and Jean being a couple. I knew going into this that it would likely go in a direction towards Jeremy and Jean, but I had some hope that Renee would be the one Jean’s heart belonged to. I understand now that even though they very well could have made each other happy, and they still may be soulmates on some level, it was important for Jean to leave and I’m really excited to see what happens between him and Jeremy.

This series makes me feel crazy and sane at the same time and I think it’s such an important series to exist. Jean’s brainwashing and defending of those who hurt him really reminds me of me two years ago when I first started therapy. God I love these fucking books

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Sexual harassment, and Self harm

abee_3_c's review

dark emotional hopeful sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Violence, Child abuse, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, and Vomit

eveel's review

dark funny mysterious sad medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

my eyes stung, my chest collapsed and my head hurt from the never-ending emotional rollercoaster of crying, laughter and frustration . jean is an angel and jeremy is a prince . i can't wait for the second part!!!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Rape, Sexual assault, and Physical abuse

Minor: Suicide, Self harm, Child abuse, Child death, and Suicide attempt

kcolt97's review

dark emotional

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, and Sexual assault

novac_57's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Self harm, Sexual violence, Torture, Grief, Rape, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

dearestblues's review

dark emotional 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Physical abuse

aylen_96's review

challenging emotional inspiring reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Trafficking, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Torture, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, and Violence

piperclover's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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? No

4.5

I really have no idea what to rate  this. This is unbelievably brutal to read. I didn't think that it could get more graphic and unsettling and disturbing than the first series but I was wrong. At least in the first series you could go pages and pages without reading something horrific but you literally can't get through one page of this without reading something horrific and traumatic on page in detail. 

 I started this the night big came out in my time zone and I just finished it today because I didn't read this for almost a week. It put me into a reading slump because it is so intense and so emotional and so anxiety inducing. I cannot express the level of anxiety and fear that reading this gave me because I was so terrified of what was going to happen on page. 

You can definitely tell that this author has grown up since the first series. The writing is so much better. The word choice is stronger, the writing is more detailed and descriptive. There's so much diversity in this book it's kind of crazy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Rape, and Sexual violence