Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

354 reviews

marnirie's review against another edition

funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

I liked this book better and better the further along I got. The writing isn’t great, but the characters are lovable and you really wish them the best. 
Didn’t think I’d like the book as much as I actually ended up doing, will definitely check out more from this author as I believe the writing will only get better with more experience. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Eating disorder, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Body shaming, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Pregnancy, and Violence

sailinginthetea's review against another edition

funny hopeful 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Sexual content

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Death of parent

Minor: Violence and Pregnancy

emhaze's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

The only thing I have to say is, if I hear the name Aaron one more time I’m fkn punching whoever said it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Abandonment, and Sexual content

Moderate: Vomit

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

mdelawter'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
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: Death of parent

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

hanven's review against another edition

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

SPOILER !!!


i liked the found family trope but i feel like the plot was lost somewhere along the way. anastasia got on my nerves at first but i did get over it.

also the ending also seemed a bit rushed like the author was just trying to think of a way to end it… like the pregnancy trope 😭😭😭 i don’t really mind it most times but it felt out of place so yea. overall i did enjoy reading this!l

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Gaslighting and Emotional abuse

Minor: Death of parent

abby_can_read's review against another edition

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

3.0

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This was an interesting read. It took me a little to get into. While I had fun reading this, I do think this book is overhyped. I don't really know how good I think this book is. The characters were annoying though I did like them and the relationships were alright. I struggled with the writing style and I had difficulty following the plot. I felt the relationship was an odd combination of insta love then rivals/kinda enemies to lovers to friends to lovers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Eating disorder, and Sexual content

Moderate: Gaslighting, Body shaming, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Death of parent