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The King's Men by Nora Sakavic

71 reviews

restlessparadise's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Torture

Moderate: Rape, Violence, Gun violence, and Gore

Minor: Homophobia, Sexual content, Drug use, and Ableism

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.

readabookortwo's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful tense fast-paced

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

5.0

The King's Men continues to be one of my favourite books of all time. I will always remember when I first read these books and when I finished TFC it came up to buy TRK and then when I finished TRK it came up to buy TKM and I did so without hesitation and now, twenty rereads later, I immediately start the next one because these books are so addictive. Are they well written? No.is the representation good? Not really but these books are my home. They saved my life back in 2019, they are so beyond special to me and this book in particular just heals me and soothes my soul. I know when things are bad I can put this in my headphones and things feel okay again.

There are so many parts of this book that I love SO SO much. The development of Neil's relationships with both Kevin and Andrew, the way Coach tells Neil that he's saved this team and bought them all together and he trusts him enough to captain the team, Kevin finally letting himself start to heal, the iconic I've never been skiing interview, "fight because you don't know how to die quietly", Kevin and his tattoo that I also have tattooed, the end, so many things in this book just mean so much to me and so much of it makes me sob my eyes out and god I could talk about it forever.

Kevin "I've never been skiing" Day my absolute son, light of my life!! Kevin in this book, I just love him so fucking much. The way from the start you can see his development the way he wants to help Neil heal from what he went through over Christmas and then the way he stands up for himself more, the way we have that iconic interview where he says how he never should have been a Raven, the way he completely ignores Riko when they face each other in the final game, HIS LEFT HAND, the fact it's so important hes the one who scores that final goal. Kevin is just an incredible human and his development makes me so god damn happy. Kevin day is honestly that character I can talk about all day everyday and every single time I reread these books I become happier I've chosen to carry a piece of him on my skin forever in tattoo form. 

All of the foxes just come into themselves in this book. The way they absolutely rally around Neil especially after Baltimore just makes my heart absolutely burst, they truly are a family, they love each other so much and would absolutely do anything for each other. They are my favourite found family, they deserve nothing but the world and I'm so glad they got that in the end.

Again, I know these books aren't well written but they are special to me. They will always be special to me and knowing I can return to them always makes me so, so happy. Bring on book four, Jean deserves to tell his story. Plus Jean and Jeremy are my second and third favourite aftg characters so I am: excited. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, and Blood

Moderate: Death, Drug use, and Sexual content

Minor: Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Misogyny, and Homophobia

marimaia's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

“you are a fox,” andrew said, like it was that simple, and maybe it was.

queria conseguir mostrar a quantidade de adesivos que coloquei pra cada cena que me deixa emocionada. é absurdo como depois de anos eu ainda sinto que to sempre lendo pela primeira vez, sem conseguir evitar de chorar e de ficar arrepiada com o que acontece. conhecer meus foxes com certeza uma das melhores coisas que me aconteceu, e literalmente me salvou. fico feliz de poder ver e acompanhar a história deles e de como se encontraram e formaram uma família assim. te amo foxes te amo

ps: primeira vez lendo depois de saber sobre sunshine court e não to me aguentando de ansiedade. simplesmente amar jeremy knox e jean moreau 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Cursing, Blood, and Gun violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Addiction, Drug use, Domestic abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Police brutality, Homophobia, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Grief, and Death of parent

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

riv_erb's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Murder, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Gun violence, Torture, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Homophobia, Medical content, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Abandonment, Addiction, Grief, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Drug use, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Child abuse

haileeraye's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, and Homophobia

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Sexual assault

sanktjosten's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

5.0

the greatest book ever written. soul crushing. heartbreaking and life inducing all at once. ruined and changed my life simultaneously.

every character is so beautifully real and whole that it's impossible not to love the foxes. the romance, despite being a subplot, is one of the best written love stories of all time. this book will crush you one minute and inspire you to become a new person the next. despite the heavy topics and content that is covered there is an unrelenting theme of hope, perseverance, and improving as a person. the dynamics between the foxes and the love they share will always be so so special to me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Torture

Minor: Homophobia

aschuylerlizard's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

this is the one I enjoyed the most of the saga! i love this dysfunctional family

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Sexual assault

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