Reviews tagging 'Death'

The King's Men by Nora Sakavic

152 reviews

lucyfette's review against another edition

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

4.75

oh my god oh my god oh my god I HAVE NO WORDS … i read the whole series in a little under four days and i’m just … broken. if you stop reading my review here, please take this one piece of advice: read this series. read it. read it right now.

hinted spoilers below. read carefully.  

i was completely hooked from start to end and the only thing i’ve been able to think about is neil josten and andrew minyard. their relationship is so painstakingly slow burn and is so reflective of the trauma both of them has faced. their characters are not written to be good people, but ones that have dealt with so much, and find comfort and home with one another. (plus enemies to lovers/still enemies? lol) the found family made my heart ache and i wish happiness for every single member of the foxes. so many points had me freaking out, or having to take a breath away from the book before i could continue. the story is well crafted and the relationship between the characters will have you so invested. i cant. i wish there was twenty more books in the series. 

i will admit, amongst my praise, that there are some flaws. the plot is sometimes a bit wonky and confusing, and the writing gets a bit clunky and repetitive at parts. i appreciate that this is self published work though! 

please i urge you to read the all for the game series. there are definitely some hard triggers (there are so many cw but coming from someone who is extremely sensitive all sections are easily skippable and it wouldn’t hinder ur understanding of the plot not reading them) but nothing that isn’t dealt with respect and proper explanation afterwards (i wld expect neil to have a bit more trauma/ptsd than he does, but this is a short series i get it) but overall i’m completely and utterly in love with the books. pls read! fall in love with andrew and neil, they need some love fr 😵‍💫

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Torture, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Police brutality, Sexual content, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Drug abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

anitaxlit's review against another edition

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

5.0

Have we, as a society, done anything to remotely deserve the absolute wonder that is this series? I don't think so. I feel empty inside having finished it. I will miss the Foxes and their drama very very much <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Death, and Torture

Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual violence

cozybookseller's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Gore, Grief, Alcohol, Medical trauma, Torture, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Abandonment, Child abuse, Death, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Rape, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Violence, Mental illness, and Self harm

katerina_l's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Violence, Addiction, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Self harm

cheski_'s review against another edition

challenging dark funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

My favourite in the series due to the emphasis put into characters and their relationships. This series will break you and build you whilst also making you wildly obsessed with a sport that doesn’t actually exist. However, keep in mind that it’s fanfic level intense and therefore checking contente warnings is a must. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Drug use, Death, Gun violence, Violence, and Sexual violence

PLEASE CHECK CONTENT WARNINGS

tuni's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Drug use, and Alcohol

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Self harm, Sexism, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Sexual harassment, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Homophobia

atlas_oliver's review against another edition

dark 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

Yeah okay this trilogy finally won me over 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Animal death, Suicide, and Panic attacks/disorders

alyssadavis's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

Neil had been doing one stupid thing after another all year long and this has turned into one of the best years of his life.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Animal death, Death, Grief, Murder, and Self harm

luisaaaa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

andrew is my favourite person in the world ily babe kinda ot9 all of them tho

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Murder, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Death, Gun violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcohol and Drug use

Minor: Animal cruelty

yea it’s a lot lol

the_othersidewv's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

AAAA NO LO PODÍA SOLTARR me pasó con toda la trilogía 🥺🥺

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, Violence, and Sexual content

Minor: Gore, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Sexual assault