Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic

192 reviews

vpiuke's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense 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

4.0

i think this is a solid 4 stars for me. while the plot is constantly all over the place (sports, mafia, drugs, violence, found family, gay guys???) and all the characters are messy as fuck, it is a captivating read all the same and i couldn't put it down until the very end. 
even if the plot themes might be controversial, something that can't be denied is how well-written the story is. the writing style is very similar to maggie stiefvater's in 'the raven cycle' books, so if you're a fan of those, i'd give this one a shot :)
i did enjoy the story itself. it is well structured and it evolves at a good pace, never too obvious but hinting at what's coming next. the characters are original and come in nicely together, as a group they're very well balanced and developed. the sport side of the story is a clever counterpoint to the other sub plots, and i personally really enjoy how it compliments all the drama that the characters inherently carry with them. it lets the story breathe while also keeping a steady pace. 
this is a very violent story though. maybe not that much in this first book, but it gets heavier as the plot progresses in the next ones. there's trauma, there's physical, sexual and emotional abuse, there's guns and knives and torture and self harm. if you're ok with these and are up for a dense, emotional tale, then you found the one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

beckx's review against another edition

dark lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia and Vomit

bugcollector's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

i still have no idea what exy is

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

li_reading's review against another edition

0.25

To everyone who told me I needed to finish a series before calling it problematic. I finished it. It got worse. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape and Self harm

lumiha's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Deserves 5 Stars for being a comfort story/ fandom of mine but objectively speaking you have to admit that it’s not a very well written book or overall that great. 
I also highly advise people to check the trigger warnings before reading this one because there is some heavy stuff in there. If you’re here for a quick read and don’t mind the mentioned triggers I do think you could give it a go but I don’t think I would ever really recommend this book to someone even though I like it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Self harm

reygov's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

elliiecrne22's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad fast-paced

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

5.0

please don't read this series if you're not already extremely fucked up and have nothing to lose. the writing is terrible, it doesn't make sense, there are extremely harmful stereotypes and painfully outdated language, and the whole series is just one huge trigger warning. if you love bullshit for the sake of shock value, maybe give it a try. this series has taken over my life and i wouldn't have it any other way. but that does NOT mean i'd recommend it to anyone, necessarily. just...be careful. go read the raven cycle or six of crows instead.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

the author is shit and uses the worst plot points imaginable for shock value. she's also just fucked in the head. this whole series is fucked up.

fandomslash's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.25

This book was good when it wasn’t confusing. It was confusing at least 70% of the time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use

Moderate: Mental illness and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Murder

vidipi's review against another edition

dark slow-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse

jenny_librarian's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I didn’t know what to expect out of this book, but I definitely didn’t think I’d be as obsessed with it as I was. It’s one of those books I just *had* to keep reading.

It’s much darker than I anticipated. Not gruesome, just dark. There’s a lot of abuse – on and off page – but it didn’t feel as bad as other, less dark books I tried to read.

I don’t think I’d like to see Exy as a sport (I hate the NHL because I find it too violent), but on the context of the book it’s quite interesting.

I’m looking forward to book 2, and trying to figure out how that ship everyone talks about will get to happen (if it’s even canon, cause right now it makes no sense to me that those two could have a romantic relationship).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Suicide, Torture, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia, Toxic relationship, and Vomit