Reviews tagging 'Rape'

The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic

64 reviews

pleigh02's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Rape, and Suicide

katanai's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.25

the ending … left me on such a cliffhanger. cant wait to pick up the next book of the series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Addiction

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Rape

the R word is used a bit by the coach as well as the F slur by a teammate.

loverofeels's review against another edition

dark tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

problematic as hell (shocking amounts of ableism as well as some racism and homophobia for good measure) and i can't explain anything that was good about it but i must admit this was an intoxicating book and there's a decent chance i will be reading the sequels

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Ableism, Alcohol, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Racism, Death of parent, Homophobia, and Violence

Minor: Rape

devynsbookshelf's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child abuse, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Drug use

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Homophobia, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Rape

valiiidus's review against another edition

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Grief, Animal death, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

camachoc's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I'm rereading this triology and i am having the time of my life. The writting is very basic, but nora sakavik really does  know what we readers want to read, and that's why this book is soooo fast pace. I was having a reading slump, and this series was just what i needed. Now I’m actually excited to continue my TBR!!!!
Most of the characters are/were fucked up. I mean…👀

Neil still remembered Kevin's breakdown […]

And this😌

“God damn it, Minyard. This is why we can't have nice  things”
“Oh, coach,” someone said over Neil’s  head. “If he was nice, he wouldn't be any use to us, would he?”
“He's no use to us if you break him”
“You'd rather i let him go? Put a band-aid on him and he'll be good as new ”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Torture, Sexual violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Rape

Moderate: Addiction, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Self harm

Minor: Car accident, Child abuse, and Death of parent

paper_aphid's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

Minor: Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Ableism, Death, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Car accident, Hate crime, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, and Murder

aesnthcs's review against another edition

slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Alcohol, Gore, Self harm, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Blood, and Physical abuse

Minor: Sexual assault and Rape

canadia_valentine's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-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

5.0

The best series I’ve read in a long time. I can’t get the characters out of my mind.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Rape, Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

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

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