Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic

31 reviews

anna_bookwormt's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder

dlsmk's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.75

Please be aware there are slurs used in this book. A majority of the time the coach uses the r slur. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

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

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

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

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

usually_sleep_deprived's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense fast-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

ashleycmms's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury

star_witch's review against another edition

dark funny tense

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

4.0

I loved it. 

Seth's death was a plot device. Change my mind. You can't cause I'm right.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Acephobia/Arophobia, Abandonment, and Alcohol

trinitydej's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

listen… i wish i didn’t love this series as much as i do but! not for the faint of heart (can be triggering as hell) and some of the writing is…. not good but the characters really get you into the storyline

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Torture, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism

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

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

theincrediblesulk's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny tense 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 was so fascinated through this entire book. I couldn't stop reading. It was delightfully tense and the complexity of the characters was riveting. Despite the huge ensemble, none of them felt tropey or 1 dimensional so much as not explored as of yet. Not much happens in terms of plot in this book, but  not in a lackluster way. It very much just felt like a precursor to everything, the "calm" before the storm. The character dynamics are explored in depth and there's a great amount of variety and nuance to them. I'm eager to know more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Body horror and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Homophobia