Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Breakaway by Grace Reilly

19 reviews

kell_yeah_reads's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

per my spreadsheet:
i gobbled this book UP. kicking my lil feets while eating lil treats on vacation. experiencing cooper and penny's relationship develop from friends with bene's to so much more was a thrilling ride.

"what about the spice?" you ask? reading this book in public with a straight face wasn't easy. thankfully i was on vacation. 

and the one note i left on my spreadsheet right when i finished this book: "jesus. the end of that one hurt." so. yeah. lol

we've got forbidden love, a secret relationship, friends to lovers, *and* hockey? don't miss me with all that. 

spice 🌶  - a 5 🌶  spicy (romance.io scale)
length - just right
reading speed - read in 2 days
did it make me cry? - like- a lot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

Minor: Death of parent

readwithria's review

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

Breakaway was cute, and sweet, and spicy, but it wasn’t quite what I was hoping for.

First of all, this book is SO LONG! I’m not usually one to say that a book could have been shorter, but I think this one could have. There are so many spicy scenes, and they don’t all do things for the characters or the story. Some of them definitely could have been cut, or montaged, and nothing would have been amiss. Even with how long it was though, it felt like it wrapped up too quickly. I wanted more resolution, and a more meaningful epilogue.

Now that that’s out of the way, it wasn’t a bad book. I liked Penny and Cooper, and their relationship. I also really liked the therapy rep, and think it was fine quite well. 

Overall I think this book was cute, but not well constructed. A good palette cleanse, but nothing exceptional. 3 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Sexual content

Moderate: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Alcohol

madicastle's review against another edition

emotional funny sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Death of parent

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

    Cooper, the college hockey player who's never had a serious relationship, and Penny, whose only serious boyfriend betrayed her. Hook-up and then they try to work on Penny's sexual to-do list to deal with her past trauma. But as they work through the list, they both start to catch serious feelings for one another.
     This book was quite steamy! Just the way I like romance, but also dealt with past trauma and mental health. It was a great balance of serious, funny, and spicy! Though a bit on the sad side at times for a college romance.
    Overall, an excellent book.

Narrator(s) Ratings: 5 stars
   Both narrators did an amazing job. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Car accident, and Death of parent

The toxic relationship, emotional abuse, and gaslighting are not in the main romantic relationship but with some of the MC's family members.

ambercunningham's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Car accident

ciara_fs98's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• 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? Yes

4.0

This is an amazing story. The author does a great job of writing about traumatic/triggering subjects 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Blood

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Car accident, and Alcohol

Sexual trauma - being recorded without consent

weaslove's review

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Blood

kim03's review against another edition

4.0

That was such a healthy relationship wow. Amazing. Could've been shorter tho. But at least it wasn't tortuously long.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Sexual content

Moderate: Gaslighting

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Death of parent

kyeruhh's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• 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

3.0

I’m very conflicted on this one. I really liked both Cooper and Penny, even if their dialogue was a bit cringe at points, but I didn’t love the whole addict uncle side plot.

Idk man, I just feel like making the addict the villain is very outdated and pretty offensive honestly.

Otherwise, I liked it enough, and the spicy scenes were fun and plentiful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Emotional abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

kazzafor's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death of parent