Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The King's Men by Nora Sakavic

69 reviews

gabriellesimpson's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Murder, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Gun violence

Minor: Mental illness, Rape, Alcohol, Car accident, and Forced institutionalization

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.

novac_57's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Addiction, Mental illness, Death, Torture, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Again, just be warned, it's all the content warnings

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

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

shivani_reads's review

dark hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Well, I'm done with this series... And I miss them already.

Reading 'All for the Game' was simultaneously the most unhinged and gayest experience of my life. It felt like a fever dream.

These books have changed me on some deep level that I cannot explain. The brainrot is real. Critical thinking? I don't know her. I'm here purely for the vibes, and they are immaculate.

'The King's Men' had me HOOKED. I honestly couldn't wait to dive in and see what was unfolding with all the Foxes' various dramas. 

It actually had me gasping out loud in places (the bloody message on the mirror!?), and giggling and kicking my feet in others (Andrew and Neil sneaking in make-out sessions wherever they could 🥰). 

The high-stakes happenings were sublime in all their fanfic-y goodness. The countdown had me genuinely on edge as the number reduced each day to an unknown event that couldn't possibly end well for Neil.

I was also genuinely so pumped about the team's continuing success in Exy! Wymack's speech at the final game in particular had me grinning like a fool. That's their dad, y'all!

And Andriel. Oh, my babies. Their constant "yes or no?" - CONSENT KINGS. And the pair's ever-maturing conversations? We love to see that GROWTH ❤️ Who knew they'd become the healthiest example of a relationship in this whole mess!? 

And can we talk about the infamous shower scene? Because it had me FERAL. The tenderness Andrew takes with Neil? God, my heart 😭 The sex? Whew. They are ridiculously hot and I can't get enough of them 🔥

The inevitable acceptance from everyone that the Foxes really are a family is also wonderful ❤️ (Though I'd really love if Aaron could leave his fucking homophobia at the door, please and thank you 😒).

I don't know what kind of crack Nora put in these pages. I just know that I love these characters so much and officially can't stop thinking about them (especially Andriel - they're in my heart forever now 🥹).

And yes, I will now be reading ALL of the fanfic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture

Moderate: Animal death, Homophobia, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Mental illness

elliott_the_clementine's review against another edition

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? Yes

4.5

This trilogy? Absolutely insane. Genuinely impossible to recommend. I cannot wait to reread it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Violence, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Stalking, Drug abuse, Blood, Confinement, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic friendship, Self harm, Alcohol, Death of parent, Body horror, Death, Sexual harassment, Murder, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Rape, Addiction, Physical abuse, Vomit, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

puck_jay's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

This book is, not unlike the full series, not very good objectively, but it's so fun. The characters are funny and interesting and lovable, and there are a lot of missed opportunities when it comes to cool scenes that could have happened and should have happened but that's what fanfiction is for! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Torture, Alcohol, Drug use, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Pedophilia, Self harm, Rape, Murder, Sexual content, Cursing, Physical abuse, Addiction, Death, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Sexual assault

Minor: Car accident and Gun 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