A review by walkintime
The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic

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

2.0

What even is this book. While I was reading it this was all I could think about. This has been on my radar for a while now, since lots of people seem to like it a lot and I think, if I read this like in 2014, I would've gotten it. I would've understood the nuances of problematic characters creating a somewhat found family but, reading it now, I just don't get it. There are so many questionable things happening and the characters seem to be just some random assessment of trauma and toxic relationships which they replicate between themselves. It tries to be really deep and touching at times but it ends up showing just how many layers this can have of problem. I also think most of the time the author just added up random trauma and addiction to this characters so that they could have some depth because really their entire personalities are based on that. Also, that Exy thing was weird as hell I read this entire book and I still don't understand how this works. Anyways, I'm giving 2 stars because after all I finished it so it was at least entertaining enough for me to do it and also because I'm considering reading the sequel just to see how far the author goes with this. 
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