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turnthepages_nl's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
3.0
Dominant
Geen romance
Gekibbel en verschuivende relaties
Toen de relatie van hatelijk naar vriendschappelijk begon te verschuiven, veranderde het gekibbel. Maar toen bleef er maar weinig over wat hun relatie voor mij interessant maakte. Ivan begon aardig te doen. Jasmine wist niet wat ze er mee aan moest. En Jasmine werd daardoor erg passief en vlak. Ook bleek later dat Ivan haar nooit heeft gehaat. En haar plaagde omdat hij haar leuk vond. Dat draagt weer bij aan het idee van 'meisjes-plagen-kusjes-vragen'. Een idee dat huiselijk geweld voedt...
Dyslexie
School, falen, zelfbeeld
'Jasmine heeft geen leerstoornis. Ze moet gewoon beter haar best doen'
dan komt dat je zelfbeeld niet ten goede.
Ze was nergens echt goed in, alles op school kostte haar ontzettend veel moeite. Maar zodra ze op het ijs stond ging het vanzelf. Daar wist haar lichaam wat het moest doen. Het was zo natuurlijk als ademen. Daarom stortte ze zich volledig op het kunstschaatsen. Eindelijk iets wat ze goed kon, waardoor ze zich speciaal voelde. Levend. En als ze ergens haar tanden in zet laat ze niet meer los. Want ze is een doorzetter, een harde werker en absoluut geen opgever. Dat is waarschijnlijk deels hoe ze is als persoon, en deels hoe ze heeft moeten worden om het op school te redden...
Kracht ondermijnend
Spicy time
Ivan was dominant en deed wat hij wilde zonder verbale consent. Ze zegt dat ze aan de pil is en dat is blijkbaar het signaal dat condooms niet nodig zijn? Maar er wordt niet gesproken over SOA's en hun status. Dat gecombineerd met het gebrek aan consent gaf me de bibbers. Vervolgens lees je dat het Jasmine pijn deed. En dat ze dat nooit zou zeggen. Wat voor veilige omgeving heb je dan? Als je niet tegen je partner kan zeggen dat het pijn doet. (En dit was geen kinky pijn, dit was pijn omdat het te snel ging). Haar lichaam was er duidelijk nog niet klaar voor. Ivan had daarbij compleet de leiding en deed met haar lijf wat HIJ wilde en had geen aandacht voor haar leek het.
Hoe het er stond vergroot weer de mythe dat het normaal is dat seks (in het begin) pijn doet. Seks hoort geen pijn te doen. Nooit. Tenzij je aan pain/pleasure spel doet maar dat is een ander verhaal.
Ook dringt hij aan op een tweede ronde. Jasmine zegt half grappend dat ze niet heeft aangegeven dat ze daar zin in heeft. En zijn antwoord is dat hij haar heeft laten klaarkomen. Als of dat een reden is om nog weer seks te hebben?!!
Ik ben echt geschokt door alle slechte dingen in deze seks scène. Ik denk niet dat ik ooit nog weer een Mariana Zapata boek zal lezen...
Graphic: Ableism, Cursing, Stalking, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Sexual content, and Medical content
Minor: Vomit and Car accident
hannibanani29's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, and Stalking
Moderate: Body shaming, Medical content, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Ableism, Bullying, Fatphobia, Racism, Vomit, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
apolen's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, and Cursing
Moderate: Stalking, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Sexual content, Vomit, and Car accident
happyreads's review against another edition
- 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
Moderate: Body shaming, Stalking, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Racism, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail
tkatt20's review against another edition
- 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
This is not my first book by this author so i had an idea of what i was in for, but that could not prepare me for how much I loved this book. The characters are amazing, each one had their own personality and quirks and were so fleshed out, they all felt like real people to me. And I loved how much insight we were given into the competitive skating world and getting to see how both characters dealt with the immense stress they were under. This is a longer romance but it didn’t feel like it with how lovable the characters were and how entertaining the situations they were in were to read about. I loved the extra added layer of family drama we got. It helped break up the focus on their skating and allowed me to see more insight into the main character’s life and her personality while also showing a bit of what drives her to succeed and what effects her mood throughout practice and in her day to day life. We were also given some feminist undertones and that will always be a plus for me.
My only negative for this book and the reason I dropped it down a to a 4.75 is the writing style; more specifically the wording. I found some scenes, mostly in the beginning, didn’t feel very natural and the wording in some descriptions were a little out of left field and pulled me out of the story. This is such a minor grievance and these instances were very sparse and didn’t effect me as much as it could have which is why I didn’t rate it lower. Otherwise I genuinely enjoyed this story to the very end.
I could gush for hours about how much I loved this but I’ll leave it at that. This has quickly moved to the top of my favorites list and I can’t wait to read more by this author.
Graphic: Sexual content, Stalking, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, and Vomit
Minor: Car accident and Injury/Injury detail
fremzz's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
The visceral reactions this got from me are actually mental like every three seconds I was giggling or screaming or crying and that epilogue had me on the floor crying help help help
Had its issues but I pretend I do not see 🫡 (really it was just the meatball thing cause that was weird).
Graphic: Sexual content, Medical content, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Alcohol and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Vomit
sofieskj's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
I did read it a bit fast so i didnt feel like i really go to enjoy the book, and therefore i won't give a five star. I feel like i didnt rally connect with the story.
Graphic: Cursing, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Stalking, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Vomit
phoebegrace06's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Vomit, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail
sofiarmz13's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Sexual content, Stalking, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Vomit, Car accident, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol
vicky_lit's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Vomit, Stalking, Car accident, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment