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.

Spoilers for book one ahead // trigger warning for problematic content (of almost every variety, link in yellow)

The foxhole court book cover