Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic

70 reviews

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

wynterymess's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Acephobia/Arophobia, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Alcoholism, Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Violence, Gun violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

folded_between_pages_of_books's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Addiction, Death of parent, Grief, Body horror, Drug use, Murder, Alcohol, and Suicide

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

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

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

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

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

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.

xanthiiii's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Homophobia, Violence, Gore, Mental illness, and Addiction

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Homophobia, Drug use, Gore, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Addiction, Blood, Cursing, Death, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Vomit

silver_lining_in_a_book's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail