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The Sunshine Court by Nora Sakavic

177 reviews

rattaloui's review against another edition

2.75

dark emotional sad medium-paced

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

m4ximus_pr1m3's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Murder

cyancookie's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood

Moderate: Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Torture, Murder

eb10's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Oh my god! Nothing can emotionally wreck me more than Nora Sakavic writing about Jean

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Dysphoria

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Abandonment

sprinklesreads's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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An emotional roller coaster, as expected. I had to physically distance myself from the book every now and then because of what it made me feel.
I can't wait for the second book.
❤️‍

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Torture

Minor: Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide

aarno97'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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence

Moderate: Self harm, Blood, Abandonment, Sexual harassment

mellowreading's review against another edition

5.0

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I was going to give this a 4 star because as much as I enjoyed it, the plot felt very repetitive and somehow rushed at the same time. But I added an extra star for Barkbark Von Barkenstein

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia

frantic_vampire's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional 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: Complicated

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December 2024 reread: I have no words. But, I’ll try to put my thoughts (other than the screaming and crying) into something coherent. The Sunshine Court is definitely my favorite book of the year. I think this is the first time I’ve ever reread a book almost immediately (about six months) after finishing it. This reread let me catch so many little things that I didn’t the first time around. Like Jean asking for the meaning of English words that he didn’t know. This book has had an absolute chokehold on my heart all year and I don’t think it’ll be going away anytime soon. The Sunshine Court is still a solid five stars!

Original May 2024 review: Holy fuck. For all that it has a bright sunshiny name, this book was absolutely brutal and devastating. With each passing chapter and every horrific little revelation about the abuse that Jean suffered I wanted to scream and cry and rage on his behalf. I loved that Jean was able to find little bright spots of happiness in the smallest things like cooking with Cat, (begrudgingly) shopping with Laila, and having Jeremy as his partner. I also loved that they gave Jean the space he needed, respected his privacy (for the most part), and accepted his boundaries (only pushing them when they absolutely had to).

There is so much to unpack with this book and I don’t think I caught everything that was happening in this read. So a reread is definitely needed before the next book comes out. But my god. This was probably one of the most emotionally devastating books I think I’ve ever read. It’s getting a solid five stars and I don’t know what I’m gonna do with myself until the next book comes out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Body horror, Homophobia, Vomit, Medical content, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment

Minor: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Trafficking

charliereads24's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional tense fast-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Violence, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture

lizzzardbean's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Suicide