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The King's Men by Nora Sakavic

14 reviews

nikoops's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

The conclusion to the All for the Game series, ties up the whole story and characters with a nice bow. Neil gets his well-deserved freedom (of sorts), as happy an ending as any Fox could ask for. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Addiction, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Ableism, Bullying, Alcoholism, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Blood, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

The conclusion to the All for the Game series sees Neil and Andrew taking their relationship to a physical level. The truth about Neil’s background comes out—as the son of the “Butcher of Baltimore” along with his connections to the Moriyamas. Neil is kidnapped by his father, and is tortured/heavily injured—he is rescued, however, and his father is killed. This allows for Ichirou (of the head Moriyama branch) to take over Neil’s contract and give him a shot at freedom.

andiballi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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: Murder and Torture

Minor: Violence, Gun violence, Bullying, and Drug abuse

lucylovesgrapes's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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: Car accident, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Suicide, Addiction, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Drug abuse, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Racism, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Bullying, Sexual harassment, Animal death, Blood, Drug use, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Self harm, and Sexual violence

cait_0310's review

dark emotional 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

Graphic: Addiction, Hate crime, Homophobia, Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pedophilia, Rape, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Violence

cait's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Murder, Self harm, Sexual content, Child abuse, Classism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Torture, Violence, Death, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Confinement, Drug abuse, Rape, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, Deadnaming, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Animal death, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Outing, Sexual assault, Drug use, Dysphoria, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit

gcarney15's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Addiction, Death of parent, Drug use, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Violence, Body horror, Drug abuse, Police brutality, Torture, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Sexism

anniereads221's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Vomit, Mental illness, Grief, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Body horror, Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Religious bigotry, Racism, Physical abuse, Murder, Homophobia, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Acephobia/Arophobia, Blood, Rape, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Drug abuse, Death, Alcohol, Gore, Confinement, Child abuse, Bullying, Death of parent, Addiction, Violence, and Toxic relationship

folded_between_pages_of_books's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Murder, Torture, Blood, Bullying, Drug use, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, and Abandonment

fa1ryts's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

5.0

idk what to say i didnt wanna finish this book bc of how good it was
the whole team slowly getting close to each other, andrew slowly starting to trust neil and not holding back and them starting a (complicated) relationship 3
this is the best enemies to lovers slowburn hard pining i hate everyone but u extreme version book ive read
its also the best book out of the whole trilogy !! there wasnt rly much happening in the previous ones but this one covered the story really well
i INHALED this book in a night and i couldnt stop reading shaking crying screaming i need more andreil i need a movie or series adaption @netflix
i also found most of the characters likable ! they all had a depth in their pain and together they managed to start healing and became a family

i just feel like the author couldve squished in like 20-30 more pages just so we could see where andreil's relationship was going and what happened after the game and maybe like a few pages of just happiness bc the characters deserve nothing less
and also there were quite a few times when the description took too long and i wasnt rly invested in most of the exy games BUT IT WAS ALL WORTH IT
happy pride to andrew and neil 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Stalking, Torture, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, and Violence

li_reading's review against another edition

0.25

problematic author, no true rating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Bullying, Ableism, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Violence, Gun violence, Drug use, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Murder, Child abuse, Confinement, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Torture, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual content, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Minor: Homophobia