Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic

198 reviews

lennie_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

Did i understand Exy? No
Did i like the characters? I honestly don't know
Could i put it down? Also No

Something about this book dug its murderous lil fingers into my brain. 

Think Haikyuu meets the Yakuza. 

And for the love of god check the trigger warnings before reading this book because wow. 

There are a lot of slurs used in the book, a lot of terrible things (past and present) that happen, a confusing made up sport and some very damaged and toxic characters but idk, something about it just makes me want to delve deeper into the story and characters. 

I'm genuinely not sure of my rating for this and there were parts that were very uncomfortable for me to read.

CW: murder, physical abuse, child abuse, death, overdose, drug use, drug abuse, spiking, rape joke, use of the r slur and the f slur, death of a parent, burning a corpse, homophobia, violence, addiction, blood, injury, toxic relationship, mental illness, 
state mandated drug use (this one is absolutely bizarre). 
And probably more tbh 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Death of parent, Violence, Alcohol, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Slavery and Sexual harassment

Minor: Biphobia, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Ableism

maxxi's review against another edition

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

crabinspace's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Death, and Drug use

Minor: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Death of parent, Murder, Addiction, and Child abuse

andrhyshend's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

This whole series has become a comfort read for me. I really do love it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Alcohol, Drug use, Torture, Violence, Sexual assault, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Self harm, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Death of parent, Cursing, Addiction, and Blood

_ash_mac's review against another edition

dark funny 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? Yes

4.5

I love trash and I know, I understand that this is written exactly the same as those shitty 2014 emo aesthetic cringey fanfictions, but I LOVE TRASH AND I LOVED THIS GO FOXES 🦊 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Alcohol

soso_soor2389's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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: Child abuse, Blood, Emotional abuse, Grief, Violence, Addiction, Abandonment, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Murder, Car accident, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, and Forced institutionalization

cait's review against another edition

challenging funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Torture, Grief, Alcohol, Bullying, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Ableism, Addiction, Child death, Body horror, Classism, Death of parent, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Vomit

vivasher's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Alcohol, Cursing, Death of parent, Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Suicide, and Drug abuse

jessthebesst's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

1.5

I was so confused by this book. I checked a few times to make sure this was the first one in the series ( it is). I don't even know what genre this book is. There's a ton of characters but they're not distinct enough for me to keep track of who is who. They give you nobody to root for, nothing really happens. The writing is not great. The audiobook narrator does his best with what he has. I cannot fault the audiobook narrator, all of these stars are for him doing his best with what he had. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Bullying, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Homophobia, Child abuse, Mental illness, Ableism, Alcohol, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Violence

joseph_al's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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

Moderate: Death of parent, Alcoholism, Blood, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Addiction, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Death, Drug abuse, and Drug use