Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Sunshine Court by Nora Sakavic

81 reviews

ciuli's review

emotional hopeful sad 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

5.0

I never knew I needed to know what happened to Jean until this book was announced. Once the announcement was out, all I could think about was him and I've been obsessed ever since.

This book was everything I needed, it laid the groundwork for what will happen in book two, how Jean will grow and how his relationship with the Trojans and with Jeremy will evolve. This book was very much necessary to make us understand what he went through and what he survived, and I can't wait to see him bloom because if there's anyone who deserves it, it's him.

Side note, i love how Neil showed up and just served cunt lmao like, I do understand Andrew on a spiritual level, my boy never stood a chance against Neil, he was doomed to fall in love with him from the very beginning

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Rape, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, and Sexual assault

clowngirl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Self harm, Rape, Suicide attempt, Murder, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Trafficking

despina_pngrk's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide, Sexual assault, Torture, Sexual violence, Rape, and Homophobia

Minor: Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Medical trauma, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Murder, and Domestic abuse

raleidoscop's review

dark emotional sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Addiction, Bullying, Medical trauma, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Death, Self harm, Sexual harassment, and Murder

mo345's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Confinement, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Trafficking, Death, Child abuse, Blood, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, and Rape

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Medical content, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Gaslighting, Grief, and Homophobia

rattaloui's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Self harm, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Slavery, Rape, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, and Violence

ninarotcajg's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-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

Quand je vous dis j’ai sauté sur le livre, j’ai sauté sur le livre des sa sortie hier.
La saga m’a marquee au fer rouge (petite ref glauque) et j’avais entendu dire qu’une suite devait arriver sur Jean.
J n’avais aucun souvenir de Jean, un tout petit souvenir de Jeremy (j’ai lu il y a longtemps), j’ai du retourner sur les sites de fandom (très complets omg) pour trouver toutes les infos.

Je reste sur ma FAIM. J’aurais voulu 200 pages de plus au moins, et la je ne sais pas ce que je vais faire sans le prochain.
Je savais déjà qu’on allait avoir du trauma à foison, et un slow burn slow de chez slow, puisque c’est la marque de fabrique de très chère Nora.

J’ai beaucoup aimé en apprendre plus sur ces FRAPPADINGUES de Ravens, j’ai hate de connaître plus Jeremy, on a eu que des entrevues, et on ne comprend toujours pas ce qui lui est arrivé à lui. 

Pauvre Jean vraiment on est sur du high level de trauma la aussi, et je me demande ce qu’elle va nous pondre pour Jeremy.\
Et Jeremy…… tellement mignon, tellement doux, ils sont parfaits, j’ai vraiment hate de les voir s’aimer. Ca m’a donné envie de tout relire.

Bref pour moi c’était pas assez, je veux plus plus plus plus

Note ; 17/20

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Kidnapping, and Torture

Moderate: Rape and Trafficking

Minor: Suicide

cyancookie's review

dark emotional sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Blood, Sexual violence, Violence, Ableism, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Self harm, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Torture, Murder, Child death, and Confinement

eb10's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Oh my god! Nothing can emotionally wreck me more than Nora Sakavic writing about Jean

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Cursing, Physical abuse, Bullying, Dysphoria, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Rape, Blood, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Torture, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Suicide, Abandonment, Death, and Eating disorder

frantic_vampire's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-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

Holy fuck. For all that it has a bright sunshiny name, this book was absolutely brutal and devastating. With each passing chapter and every horrific little revelation about the abuse that Jean suffered I wanted to scream and cry and rage on his behalf. I loved that Jean was able to find little bright spots of happiness in the smallest things like cooking with Cat, (begrudgingly) shopping with Laila, and having Jeremy as his partner. I also loved that they gave Jean the space he needed, respected privacy (for the most part), and accepted his boundaries (only pushing them when they absolutely had to).

There is so much to unpack with this book and I don’t think I caught everything that was happening in this read. So a reread is definitely needed before the next book comes out. But my god. This was probably one of the most emotionally devastating books I think I’ve ever read. It’s getting a solid five stars and I don’t know what I’m gonna do with myself until the next book comes out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Rape, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Self harm, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Homophobia, Vomit, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Medical content, Stalking, Body horror, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Trafficking, Child death, Gun violence, and Death