Reviews

Break the Fall by Jennifer Iacopelli

baker_g19764's review against another edition

4.0

4.25 ⭐️

ellie_klemm's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.75

lnseiple's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

4.0

claire_riach's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Cursing

natshu's review

emotional inspiring reflective

5.0

steelepath's review

emotional inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

This was a perfect book to read during the Olympics. Audrey is coming back from an injury trying to make the Olympic team while dealing with the trauma of her coach getting arrested by the FBI. As a retired gymnast, I loved this story!  I’ve never read a gymnastics book before & this was amazing! The author did a great job with describing everything that was going on. If you don’t care about gymnastics, this is definitely not a book for you. 

I loved the support the girls showed for the sexual abuse that came out right before the Olympics. Every gymnast in the arena wore some kind of teal to support the gymnast. It was beautiful. The author did a good job showing how some of the coaches can be abusive & the different good coaching & support can make. We can see this in real life as our USA gymnastics team is one of the oldest teams due to the change in coaching & mental health awareness. All in all, I loved this one. 🤸🏼‍♀️

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

bubbles5106's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

octobermilena's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.0

lizziewoj's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

thebookberrie's review against another edition

This was okay, just not for me. I don't really care about gymnastics that much so I don't know why I listened to this in the first place lol.