Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

389 reviews

notamouse's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

🌶️🌶️.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

kaydeedickins's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

So very good! The third act conflict felt true to the characters and was well written, not just some random miscommunication like some romance books. I love the communally theme and the lack of damsel-in-distress storytelling. Only reason I didn’t finish it one day is because I have a toddler who wants to read his books. But it’s that good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Terminal illness and Medical content

ashlynregan's review against another edition

emotional funny informative 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

2.5

I dont know whats more unrealistic: the fact that their university put on Hamilton or that a man like Nate Hawkins really exists. I think its both.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

almendraa's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Violence, and Alcohol

Minor: Blood, Vomit, and Death of parent

sol_lune's review against another edition

funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Body shaming

Minor: Death of parent

readwithkel's review against another edition

hopeful medium-paced

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

2.75

There was so much hype surrounding this book, but I was so disappointed. 

There were too many characters with too-elaborate backstories, making this hard to follow. The writing was generally good, but there were too many sub-plots for my taste. 

What really ruined it for me was the epilogue. I was really disappointed with how the book ended and felt it was very out-of-character. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Vomit and Death of parent

thebruce's review against another edition

funny fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Infidelity, Pedophilia, Medical content, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

hcop's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted sad fast-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: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Vomit, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Medical content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

archiveofrasa's review against another edition

lighthearted relaxing slow-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

3.0

my feelings about this book fluctuated so much over the course of reading it 😭 this is something I would've probably read on wattpad, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing – I do think it leans towards the better side of that site. I also know that if this was on AO3, I would've eaten this up (esp since 80% of AO3 content is queer) so I don't blame the author for getting money out of it or the book's readers for enjoying it.

I did read this to relax my brain so I wasn't really looking for criticisms. I would just say that the story was incredibly slow and is mainly no plot, just vibes? which I think is the reason why the story felt really long. things mainly just happened and the character's responded accordingly to their characters, kinda like how character exercises are written, maybe 😭 

I do agree that there was a lot more sexual content than I would normally find in a fiction book, but it wasn't something I was unused to. and they weren't written terribly! I've come across worse and the boundaries addressed here were nice to see acknowledged.

Although, someone warned me before I read it so I think I should too: Nathan and Stassie do it while Nathan is in a Gru halloween costume. take that as you will.

while the book was admittedly a bit too straight for me (possessiveness, stereotypical size difference, etc) I can see why people would enjoy this.

I do appreciate the usage of the side characters, though, even though there were a lot. This book honestly does a lot of things better than I expected, but I think 3 stars is fitting for my experience. even when he reminded me he was a straight™ guy every now and then, Nathan was better than a lot of other male leads I've seen online that concern me, so that was refreshing to see. he was actually self-aware, emotionally available and really sweet. I'd say that's a bare minimum, but I'd settle for anything to raise the ground from hell haha

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Body shaming and Emotional abuse

Minor: Death of parent

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: Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent