Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Лисья нора by Nora Sakavic

93 reviews

trizk's review against another edition

dark funny 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

0.5

0 for being problematic
.5 because I have an unfortunate obsession with this series and these characters

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Violence, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Death, and Cursing

Moderate: Sexual assault, Medical content, and Ableism

dmcki's review against another edition

dark emotional funny slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Violence, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Murder, Mental illness, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Drug use, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Death of parent, Child abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Dysphoria, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Cursing, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Self harm, Vomit, Abandonment, Animal death, Car accident, Hate crime, Homophobia, Grief, Incest, Medical content, and Religious bigotry

mushrooms_fairys's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism

rizbee's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.0

this book is not written well and needs like every trigger warning known to man. the fictional sport makes no sense and i have no idea what’s going on but i’m lowkey obsessed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Mental illness, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, Ableism, Sexual harassment, and Homophobia

shakita45's review against another edition

dark funny sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

I'm not sure how to qualify how I feel about this book.  Would I say it's GOOD?  Not really.  Is it getting me out of my reading slump?  Yeah.  Am I unreasonably attached to the characters? YEAH.  This feels like an early-2000s edgy emo fever dream, but I'm having so much fun.  I'm 32, and it's like being in high school again, reading the edgy fan fiction my friends and I would write.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Ableism, Blood, Mental illness, Drug use, Death, and Homophobia

Homophobic and ableist slurs, poor portrayal of mental illness

adrienanthony's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I don’t think I have ever read a book with such an intense “it’s complicated” when asked if the characters are loveable

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Violence, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Blood, Rape, Alcohol, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Ableism, Addiction, Death, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Torture

My list applies for the entire series. Absolutely not for the faint of heart, take care of yourself. If literally any of this bothers you, do NOT read this or any other book in the series, I am so serious.

ephemeral_remi's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

This is objectively a bad book. It’s chock full of misinformation about mental health, trauma p0rn and edgy shit BUT, you truly cannot help bonding with these characters. I hate how much I loved these people. I can’t in good conscience though give it a higher rating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Homophobia, Car accident, Cursing, Gore, Vomit, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Ableism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

lucy11110's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

The plot is as absurd as it is entertaining.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Homophobia, Mental illness, Death, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, Physical abuse, and Cursing

ericageorge91's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

3.25

The Foxhole Court follows Neil Josten, a boy trying to outrun his violent past. He gets recruited to a college Exy team, the Palmetto Foxes. A ragtag bunch whose members have only one thing in common: they all needed a second chance. 

In 2016, I devoured this trilogy in a week. Right now, my reread has proven that this was definitely not the 5⭐️ read I remember 🥴 I never noticed the massive amounts of exposition, for one thing, and the amount of times a grown man threw around the R word was  certainly…something. 

This isn’t the most realistic story, okay? By any means. The author didn’t want to research a sport so she created her own which may or may not be her approach towards the drugs in this universe. I don’t want to say this reads like fanfiction because there are quality fan-made stories out there, but parts of this story felt like someone prompted a Tumblr user to write a found family, sports AU with queer angst. 

To be fair, I think she delivered on that count. I think about these characters to this day. I read fanfiction about these characters to this day. I think the characters are the best part, to be honest. If you want a brain off, just vibes book, you could give this a chance. 

If you do decide to read this story DO NOT listen to the audiobook! You know how when someone does something talented, people will say, “Oh, rent was DUE!!” This guy…. 🤦🏾‍♀️ Rent was not due. Mortgage was not due. In fact, he received a generous gift and bought the place in cash. He sucked any and all soul from this story. All the characters sound the same and he sounds like someone told him to do a Fonzy impression the entire narration. It’s embarrassing. 

TW: Child abuse, murder, death, drinking, drug use, flashbacks, ablest slurs, sexual assault (forced kissing under the influence)

Rep: Asexual MMC, gay side character

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Ableism, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Vomit

lim's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Drug use, Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, and Mental illness

Moderate: Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual assault