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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
abbzreads'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
3.75
Graphic: Body shaming, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Car accident
agucwa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Fatphobia, Sexual content, and Stalking
Minor: Car accident, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
kristensreading's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
“I took a step onto the ice and glided off just a couple feet away to give IVAN room to do the same. He followed after me, stopping just two feet away from me as the announcer called out our names. That was when I looked over my shoulder at THE MAN IN THE BROWN AND GOLD COSTUME that my sister had created, and found him already looking at me, with a smirk aimed right at me.”
““She was pinching me under the table,” BEN let me know, like that would surprise me. It didn’t. That was my mom right there. My defender forever and ever. “Sorry about that, Jas,” MY MOM’S FOURTH HUSBAND murmured.”
““Where’s Ben at, MOM?” “He’s out with his friends,” THE REDHEADED WOMAN WHO HAD GIVEN BIRTH TO ME, explained quickly before raising her gaze and aiming her fork in my direction.”
There were points where it truly confused me because I couldn’t even tell the author was talking about the same character. “The man” is used 30 times in the book and “the woman” 37 times, most often for characters that are already very well established. It’s confusing.
Moderate: Bullying, Fatphobia, Stalking, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Toxic friendship
skysometimesreads'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
4.0
Graphic: Cursing
Moderate: Sexual content and Sexual harassment
Minor: Bullying and Car accident
britt33's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Body shaming and Fatphobia
Moderate: Sexual content, Stalking, Car accident, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Ableism, Racism, Pregnancy, and Abandonment
beckyyreadss'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
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Stalking, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Bullying and Car accident
kirstenpod_'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
5.0
Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Car accident
vereadsbooks'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
4.0
Ivan is so cute and sweet! I don't know why Jasmine thought he hated her. The guy is SO in love with her. Jasmine is pure fire and so stubborn. Also, she is super childish. I didn't believe she was 26 years old. I found her annoying, and I didn't like her constantly cursing. But I like her complexity. She felt more rounded than Ivan.
Jasmine has an incredible family. They support her no matter what.
I really like Jasmine and Ivan's dynamic as friends. I don't know if I was fully convincing about them being a romantic couple. Perhaps the slow burn was too slow for me. Although the sexual tension was there, it was so little that most of the time; I saw them as non-sexual partners.
Ivan chooses the most awkward time to say I love you. He could admit his feeling in another moment. That scene felt weird. Also, the last couple of pages wrap up everything so fast that I didn't have time to process it. It felt rushed.
I love ice skating! I was ready to see a savage competition and both characters killing themself training. I was expecting something like The Cutting edges or Spinning out. We got to see some of their training, and Jasmine told us the pros and cons of their ice skating. But I want more ice skating and less naked photoshoot or vomit! I mean, what was the point of the naked photoshoot?
Graphic: Body shaming, Sexual content, Stalking, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Fatphobia
Minor: Bullying and Car accident
__romancereader__'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Not all content warnings are about the main characters some are and some are about the other characters you meet/hear about in the book 🥰❤️🫶🏼