Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

251 reviews

leasasaa's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

3.0

It was ok until the epilogue.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcohol, Mental illness, and Pregnancy

Minor: Death of parent

callidoralblack's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Sexism, and Medical content

clareasday's review against another edition

funny lighthearted medium-paced

• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Violence, Eating disorder, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Medical content, Death of parent, Body shaming, Alcohol, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, and Self harm

jeannybooklover's review against another edition

lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• 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

I wish I could give this book 5 stars, but the ending ruined it for me a bit. I don‘t want to spoil anything, so I‘m just gonna say it felt very rushed to be „normative cookie cuter perfect“ when it already was without what was happening. It felt thrown in at the last minute and the timeline between the book ending felt too short. 

The rest of the story was lovely and I enjoyed it a lot. The characters are so cute, with a chosen family that feels very cozy and fun. 

For me it was 5 stars, until the ending. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: Death of parent

macykey's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.25

This book is very long and there were some things I felt could be cut out, some relationships I felt could be tamed down. But overall, I really enjoyed this! The spicy scenes were excellent. Nate as a character is phenomenal. He’s a great example of what healthy masculinity looks like without being perfect. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Cursing, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Gaslighting, Vomit, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, and Grief

mmadill227's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol and Toxic friendship

Minor: Death of parent, Eating disorder, and Body shaming

rachellew's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Death of parent

amylouisereads's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? Yes

3.75

When something has the sort of hype this book does I’m always a bit dubious as to whether or not to read it as I feel it can never live up to it but I enjoyed this.

I liked the characters, they were well built and believable and I enjoyed the storyline too.

even if we never did get Aaron’s motive for being awful to Stasia

It was a cute read, I wasn’t amazed by it but that’s usually the case with a college romance. It reminded me a little of Elle kennedys hockey series. 

I’ll definitely read the rest in the series when they come out 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic friendship and Eating disorder

Minor: Death of parent

literallylaura's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Gaslighting

Minor: Death of parent and Sexual harassment

mindins's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-paced

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

1.5

El resumen de este libro es: En términos, de trama no hay trama.

La idea era muy buena, pero nunca llegó a ser un enemies to lovers, fue un insta-love, donde trataron de crear una rivalidad que nunca existió. De hecho el tema del hielo derretido pudo ser usado para muchas situaciones pero nada.

Las escenas spicy fueron para mi fueron innecesariamente largas, repetitivas y daban un poco de cringe. La pareja estuvo junta al 40% del libro y el resto fue relleno poco interesante. Tiene 0.5 estrellitas sólo porque el tema del amigo tóxico estuvo bien, aunque para tanto escandalo se resolvió como la misma protagonista dijo que no quería que se solucionara, y por como se abordó el asunto de la terapia.

El final fue malísimo y predecible. No pude conectar con los protagonistas en ningún momento y si no estaban culeando, estaban de fiesta y curándose a cagar sólo para "olvidar y relajarse".

En general no entiendo porqué alguien leería esto y lo recomendaría, definitivamente no le hace justicia al hype. Aunque si quieres leer porn without plot, monólogos internos extremadamente repetitivos y ver nombres y nombres de personajes que ni aportan nada, es para ti.

Dato random: No pasa el Test de Bechdel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Death of parent and Pregnancy