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The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic

107 reviews

bookish_bonnie's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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

There’s an oddly addicting element to this series. 

“But it’s not realistic!” You cry. “That’s not how this works, like, at all! All the characters are insane!” 

Yet readers everywhere turn another page. And another. Eventually, they finish the series, and each of them know it’s only a matter of time before they’ll pick it up again… 

So is the curse of reading All For The Game. My friend passed it on to me. Now I shall pass it on to all of you. Good luck. 🫡

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Violence, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

zirtae's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Violence, Vomit, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Ableism, Homophobia, and Sexual assault

chris_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark lighthearted mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

3.5

This book has a lot of interesting components, so I can see why it's so popular. I can also see why it's divisive. The main character and his backstory were really compelling to me, but most of the side characters were anywhere from fine (not enough page time) to extremely unlikable. I can tell some of them are clearly set up for further development, but I have a low tolerance for smug, controlling types, which this book is packed with. The exception I can think of is the coach. He was pretty good. I don't love that the one confirmed gay—and not white—character, who is set up as the friendly, non-threatening one had to

sexually assault the main character while he was drugged (I get that he's not the only one at fault for that fucked up situation but the other characters motives for doing this were a lot less selfish but still treated as the violation they were)

and it's just brushed off afterwards. 

So yeah. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Drug abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug use, Violence, Medical content, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Ableism, Physical abuse, Blood, Vomit, Acephobia/Arophobia, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

samnotwise's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Ableism, Vomit, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Murder

danaslitlist's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.5

I see a lot of reviews saying this book was confusing or too complicated to follow, and I’m calling bullshit on that. If y’all can read your high fantasy romance, you’re gonna be okay with this series. Grow up.

I’m also seeing reviews trying to downplay the enjoyment of the book because it’s not something they’d thought they’d enjoy which I’m gonna say is a bullshit way to review a book. If you like it, own it! Enjoy the series!

I went into this with the assumption I’d either hate it or I’d think it was fine, but I wasn’t prepared to actively enjoy it as much as I did. I found the characters interesting and was honestly invested so much in their relationships and personal issues. The fact that half these characters are by design unlikable and flawed is incredibly brave on the author.

 While I’m not a huge sports fan, I found the fictional sport of Exy pretty straight forward and easy to visualize when it was occurring on page but this book is primarily character driven with Exy being the setting. The mafia element while surprising and seemingly “out of nowhere” in terms of trying to describe it to others actually made sense and worked fine. 

The writing is solid and had some genuinely beautiful lines and moments. 

This book does has some flaws, namely the use of the r-slur on occasion since it was published back when the use of that word wasn’t so frowned upon. There were a few repetitive moments as well, but not enough to throw me out of my immersion or enjoyment.

Basically; enjoy this for what it is! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Vomit, and Murder

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

3.0

I am confused but also intrigued.  It is a bit hard to visualize the sport itself but the self-destructive characters have been really compelling and there is a lot of mystery in their backstories that seems messy and complicated.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

cuppa_69's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Death, Physical abuse, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

stardustandrockets's review against another edition

I don't know how to feel about this book. It was okay?? I don't really see why people are so obsessed with it. Will I continue? Probably. But it's eh.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Ableism, Death, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Vomit, and Murder

Use of the hard r-word

lindseyhall44's review against another edition

dark 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

3.5

I went into the foxhole court excited for the romance I had heard so much about. While the romance did not come much into play in the first installment, the character development and complexities of the foxes has me hooked.
That being said, there were a few things I had issues with. For one, slurs are used repeatedly for no reason, which makes reading this feel uncomfortable. Additionally,

Nicky’s assault on Neil was just brushed over?? And

the plot ebbs and flows, with some parts being a bit confusing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

bee_03's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-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

3.0

this is my trash reality tv. i cannot call this good, but it's so entertaining - i was hooked when i first read it years ago, and i'm hooked now. i didn't devour it, it devoured me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, and Death of parent

Minor: Ableism, Vomit, and Murder