Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

296 reviews

theverycraftyvegan's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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? Yes

4.0

I really enjoyed the story of finding love where you don’t expect it, friends who are there for you no matter what, toxic people getting their comeuppance, and that while having a team/partner beside you is great you can also do things solo and be okay. 

That being said, I found this book to be too sexy? Like there was so much sex it was eventually just background noise. Definitely not an audiobook to listen to with the kids around, but by about half way I could have skipped through the sex scenes and still enjoyed the book. 

All sex aside, I loved the communication between all the characters (friendship and romantic relations) and the amount of times Nate and Stas mentioned therapy and how beneficial it was. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Cursing, and Sexual content

Moderate: Grief, Infidelity, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Chronic illness, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Sexual assault and Pregnancy

edietz22's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Eating disorder, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, and Body shaming

brittinyh3711's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

4-4.5 stars. I enjoyed this book. Had alot of laughs and swooning over Nate. But Aaron just made me so stinking mad that it made me like the book a bit less 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Bullying, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Pregnancy, Vomit, and Violence

nerdybookguy'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

20% the reality of toxic relationships and eating disorders, 60% romance novel shenanigans, and 20% smut 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Sexual content

Minor: Pregnancy and Vomit

meganpbennett's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

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

1.0

If this book had been about a hundred and fifty pages shorter, I might have liked it. I still would have found it completely overhyped, but I would have been far less disappointed.

The biggest issue is that there is basically no plot, and when the plot does finally kick in - 40% of the way through the book - it's somehow sidelined. Don't promise me something in the summary and then make me wait 210 pages for it. Because of this, the book dragged on. I found that it had far too much filler and not enough plot. It needed more hockey, more skating, and far less drinking and college students hooking up. On top of that, I found Anastasia to be a whiny and unlikable character. She didn't act like a college senior with Olympic aspirations, but a middle school girl. The book has a perfect set-up for a slow burn, not-quite enemies to lovers, and blew it by having no plot.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Alcohol, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Vomit, Mental illness, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, and Cursing

plz2daysatan's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• 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

Cute book. Decent spice. Might read again if I need a pick me up. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Alcohol, Vomit, and Death of parent

I didn’t see a CW/TW list in the book, but there is on-page talk about disordered eating, and an MC eats in a disordered way for the first half of the book, calorie counting and being wary of diet changes is mentioned more than once. It seems resolved by the end of the book. Side character who are essential to the plot are emotionally abusive to the MC’s (one is essential to the tension in the book and the other is not). And a side character does make a move on an MC when they know it’s not something the MC wants, and they do it as a form of manipulation, which may bother some people to come across unexpectedly. Alcohol and vomiting are mentioned in passing as part of frat life, and intoxicated hooking up happens on page. Male MC’s mom died and it’s mentioned in passing.

maddyhavranek's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

I wanted to like this book more. I had heard great things about it, but it didn’t overall wow me. The good: The plot was really believable and made me flash back to college. Nothing that happened seemed out of the range of possibilities, and I think this was a really fun nostalgic read for me that reminded me of the wild things that can happen in the college environment. I thought the relationship between Stassie and Nate was very healthy and I appreciated that. No red flags observed outwardly that took me out of the story. 

But that gets me to the bad: I just didn’t quite get it. I will say I started this on audio, which I have a harder time paying attention to so I may have missed it, but the tension leading up to their relationship didn’t make sense to me. It didn’t seem that their “enemies” relationship was built up enough, so the catharsis I experienced when they finally got together was a bit of a let-down. They also didn’t really struggle after that; I feel like once they hooked up, it was pretty much a done deal. For an enemies to lovers book I didn’t feel like there was enough of the enemies part. I really also wasn’t ready for the sex scenes. Could be this is one of the only books I’ve read that is quite so graphic, but also quite so realistic (compared to ACOTAR), and I think it freaked me out a little. The dialog during these scenes was also not my favorite and kind of took me out.

I also did not love the treatment of the ED in this book. It was just not subtle enough — as soon as they mentioned the meal plan and Aaron’s gripes with Stassie’s weight I knew exactly where the plot was going to take me and I just didn’t need it. I think it was enough for him to be emotionally manipulating her, especially since it was positioned that he didn’t do it on purpose.

Overall, this book was fine. I got a kick out of reading it, but it had some pitfalls for me so it didn’t reach 4 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit

Moderate: Eating disorder and Alcohol

hjb_128'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Sexism, Mental illness, Cursing, Vomit, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, and Sexual assault

amyy777's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual harassment, Eating disorder, and Vomit

missprint's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: Vomit