Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

The Sunshine Court by Nora Sakavic

176 reviews

dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Expand filter menu Content Warnings
emotional funny reflective 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

“I am Jean Moreau,” he told her. “I have always gotten exactly what I deserve.”

jean moreau, let me give you a hug and keep you safe my beautiful boy 🥲 the journey of this book was painful but necessary. the sad but very real fallout from the collapse of a toxic establishment and the people who were left behind to try to pick up their own pieces.

“As your captain and your partner, don’t I at least deserve the chance to not be a villain in your story?”
​“You are the captain of the sunshine court. In no universe could you be anyone’s villain.”

jeremy gave me all the sunshiney golden retriever energy, but i'm really hoping for more of him in book 2. the subtle tension and snippets between jean and jeremy FED US thank you nora.

jean's zingers really got me as well:
“Permission to break his face, Coach?” Jean asked. ​
“Denied,” White said.

i really hope we get to see jean starting not only healing but further coming into himself the next book and find joy.

Endure, he warned himself, and on its tail-end came a desperate How much must I?

Expand filter menu Content Warnings
challenging dark sad 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

Expand filter menu Content Warnings
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

Expand filter menu Content Warnings
emotional funny hopeful 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

BFRIAHELZDVLZEB THIS BOOK. PERFECTION. INFINITE STARS. ALL THE STARS.

Expand filter menu Content Warnings
dark emotional sad 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: Complicated

friends, he thought again, and this time it almost felt real. 

Completamente sem palavras. Achei que ia conseguir escrever um pouquinho do que eu to sentindo depois de terminar, mas é impossível. Acompanhar o Jean e saber o que fizeram com ele quebrou o meu coração de uma maneira que eu não sentia desde o Neil e o Andrew. Eu nunca torci tanto pra felicidade e pro bem-estar de alguém, e se tem alguém que merece é ele. Já tem alguns anos que eu só sei falar de AFTG, e não vejo isso mudando em nenhum momento, acho que TSC deixou isso pior ainda. Queria muito poder agradecer a Nora por ter escrito tudo isso e ter permitido a gente de ler, e mal posso esperar pelo próximo. Te amo Jean Moreau te amo 

Expand filter menu Content Warnings
dark emotional inspiring 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

I loved this book. Such an amazing follow up to the AFTG series and has firmly revamped my obsession. I will probably be reading it again soon to hold off my absolute need for the next book to come. 
Jean Moreau and Jeremy Knox are relatively small characters in AFTG, but this book gave them both so much more depth and complexity that I loved so much. I flew through this story in 1 day since I was hooked from the first page. 
(As for any book in the AFTG series, please look up all trigger/content warnings before reading.)

Expand filter menu Content Warnings
emotional 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

Expand filter menu Content Warnings
challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Expand filter menu Content Warnings
dark 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

Nora Sakavic has had a chokehold on me since 2016! I absolutely ate this up!

Expand filter menu Content Warnings