Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

The Sunshine Court by Nora Sakavic

176 reviews

mousmoulo's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad

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i will literally never recover

some semi-coherent thoughts to cope™:

- insanely well-written compared to the previous books
- i highlighted half the book and cried like 3-4 times
- jean's slow but steady

realisation that something about his life was very very wrong actually

was 1) incredibly well-written and 2) impressively natural??? nora how did you pull this off do you need to talk maybe
- NEIL MF JOSTEN. i love you i would die for you
- hats off to nora the absolute legend, who traumatised a character so thoroughly and still managed to make it a compassionate read and not trauma porn 
- did i mention that i cried

tldr i loved this book and i'm not sure how i'm supposed to read anything else now 👍

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Vomit

Minor: Child death, Domestic abuse

starrypinksky's review against another edition

4.75

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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

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

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

natnat_7's review against another edition

5.0

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

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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, Injury/Injury detail

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

tatmore's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide

astellarjay's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Nothing about the way I rate these books is objective. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

shrimpseas's review against another edition

4.0

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going insane. i went into this wanting jean moreau whump and guess what, i got it. i'm sad now

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual violence

Moderate: Torture

what_the_puck's review against another edition

5.0

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: Complicated

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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, Injury/Injury detail

persephones_pomegranate's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing 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: Complicated

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I have held this book series close to my heart for years and this much needed book really shed a better light on Jean Moreau's character and his trauma. Cried bc I love this book series so much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Vomit, Suicide attempt

Most of the above is briefly mention and not in much detail.

fruity_basil's review against another edition

4.5

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Binge read it for 5 hours straight at night until the sun came up

i love jean yves moreau so much oh my god!!

I also really enjoyed how the book does mention the mutual attraction between jean and  jeremy but still focuses mostly  on first socialising jean around people and learning to accept help and having friends and i- ARGHJ boundaries <3

Hes bisexual he’s weak to pretty faces hes been hurt by pretty faces he looks anyway but it’s the wrong time hes still piecing himself together!!

He chants a mantra reminding himself of his position he says he deserves it to keep himself from going insane at the injustice of his life!! He’s a beaten down dog he tried to fight but he had no one at his side resistance only made things worse and there was no one there for him the way Neil had him mother so why continue fighting? Despite all that he still treasures the little tenderness he receives from others and even if they later betrayed him he still cares for them in turn!! He loves them he hates them theyre teammates. Then he meets the Trojans <3 And finally all that love and care is actually reciprocated and they look out for him care for him as a  PERSON 

And then oh my god his sister. That he has repressed this whole time alongside his grief his resentment his longing and all his suffering was pointless in the end it didnt even protect her. 

i love jean so much he loves and was made to be loved

And then you have jeremy!!!

With his additional 10 layers of avoidance we dont know his rich boy trauma story just that on some level his sunny persona and meddlesome behaviour is compensating distracting from whatever he has going on at home

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail

emuewe's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful sad tense

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I always speed through this book (2nd or 3rd read) there’s just something about it. I will always and forever be rooting for Jean. I am very excited to learn more about whatever the fuck is going on with Jeremy cause that man spares No Thought for Himself What So Ever.
Cat and Jeans friendship is so special.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Child death, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault

Minor: Murder