![]() She also sent me a compiled list of trigger warnings for the whole series and said I should take a look beforehand if I had any reservations about serious topics. It happened to be free on the Kindle Store that day (fate, if nothing else) so I downloaded it and started reading it the next day. She was emphatic that I read it and insisted on updates as I read the book. I reached out to one of my mutuals and asked what was up with AFTG. Step two was to ask someone what the heck All For the Game is and if/why I should read it. A quick search returned the promising series name: All For the Game. It was honestly because several readers I follow kept tweeting about ‘aftg’ and I had absolutely no idea what they were talking about*. I first learned about The Foxhole Court the way I learn about most books: through recommendations from other readers and bloggers on Twitter. This is a somewhat unnecessary portion of this discussion, but I want to include it, so here it is. ![]() Without further ado-let’s tackle this beast. with an agent by an editor at a big house). Self-Publishing is important to this discussion, too, as Sakavic self-published this book and, given the book’s content, would not be viable through the means of traditional publishing (i.e. In Fiction & Believability, I want to dig deeper into the function of fiction as a genre and the ways in which the suspension of disbelief must hold up the story as well as give readers the space to buy into the narrative. Content (and Warnings) will address the oft-labelled “problematic content” of the book and the veritable trove of trigger warnings posted for the series. The three thesis paragraphs are most important in this post. So let’s talk about Nora Sakavic’s first book in her All For the Game series: The Foxhole Court.īecause there is, honestly, just so much to get through, I’m going to break this post up into several sections: Background, Overview, Content (and Warnings), Fiction & Believability, Self-Publishing, and Summary. Though there are plenty of people who would disagree. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves here I promise it won’t be all doom and gloom because frankly? I didn’t mind this book. I can feel in my fingers that this is going to be a long one. I wish the book didin't unfold as fast as it did.I enjoyed it.Spoilers for book one ahead // trigger warning for problematic content (of almost every variety, link in yellow) Not that they use descriptive words here, but there is an abundance of action (it's a sports team after all).I just love the layers and layer and layers of stories and personalities, that are crammed into this book. Review 2: Sakavic does it like this: You'll be shoved into a room and given three juggling balls, then you have to stay in balance as a magnitude seven hit you while they're giving you more balls to juggle with.The way the author makes you remember the characters will have more to do with action and reputation, rather than looks. This ended in the middle of the storyline and I want to know what happens next! And I'm totally bummed I don't have time to read the second book straight after. It's not pretty and it's over the top unrealistic but in the same time it's really fascinating and there isn't a dull moment in the story. There are several groups in the team and the dynamics between groups and individuals are the key to this book. It's really a book about a group of people who really don't want to interact with each other but they are forced to do so in order to play. They are all more or less insane and Neil's secrets aren't helping. The start of practice season and meeting the rest of the team doesn't help any. Kevin and the goalie, Andrew take immediate dislike to Neil and his summer with them, practicing and trying to get to the required lev. The whole team is a group of misfits and runaways but they have gained Kevin, one of the stars in the game after he got hurt earlier and that will give the team extra publicity. It's a tale of young adults trying to live and survive in a world that is mostly against them.Neil is on the run from his mob boss of a father and against common sense decides to accept an offer from a Exy team (mix of lacrosse and ice hockey with body contact) and play in college even with and all the exposure that will entail. This is NOT a romance and the author has not tagged it as one. Review 1: First, let's get our record straight.
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