Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

620 reviews

cleotheo's review against another edition

emotional funny slow-paced

3.75

Heed the smut warning. Definitely a horny book

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Pregnancy, Body shaming, Death of parent, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Sexual assault

iida_a's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Body shaming

Moderate: Cursing, Eating disorder, Death of parent, Medical content, and Violence

Minor: Pregnancy

thereadingfairy's review against another edition

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Abandonment, Medical content, Infidelity, and Sexual harassment

The cover of this book misleadingly makes it look like a cute, innocent, lighthearted romance. The characters and their relationships, however, are certainly not ‘innocent’. Most of the book is more about lust than love, which I personally didn’t want to read.

fairytales'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I liked this more than I expected to. I feel like I’ve had mixed luck/feelings on sports romances but I felt like this was done really well, though there is a lot of spice.

It was hard to watch her give Aaron, who was controlling and abusive, so many chances but it’s a serious issue and I appreciated the complications of a non-romantic partnership. I also appreciated the therapy. I felt like we got to know a number of the friends. It was nice to see both mental and physical disabilities portrayed in this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship and Sexual content

Moderate: Body shaming and Gaslighting

macks_bookshelf's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Sexual content, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia

lindasoderlundd's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Alcohol, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Eating disorder and Violence

Minor: Vomit, Abandonment, and Body shaming

rejstone_'s review against another edition

emotional 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

4.5

Loved it! Spicy and sensational banter 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Body shaming and Sexual assault

kay_chan'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

Definitely fell in love with the Maple Hills crew 🙌 These characters are so relatable and work through a lot of their own trauma, love their growth and can't wait to read more of these characters stories

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

taylorp98's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Violence, Gaslighting, Fatphobia, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Toxic friendship

wondahwoman's review against another edition

funny medium-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? It's complicated

3.25

While I thoroughly enjoyed the romance between Anastasia and Nate, the main source of conflict throughout the story felt a bit forced to me.

Spoilers for the antagonist/conflict below:

Stassi’s skating partner, Aaron, is nothing short of emotionally abusive, and it seemed unrealistic to me that Stassi would forgive/excuse SO MANY of his actions. Even towards the end when she had become disillusioned by all of his manipulative behavior, she continued excusing awful things. I wish there’d been more development into why she was so deep under his spell after having only been his partner for two years.

I appreciate that the drama between the two love interests was very minimal (see also: no third act breakup!) but the conflict that was there made it hard to finish near the end. It was worth it for the romance, but I wish the antagonist had been more thought out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship and Sexual content

Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Gaslighting

Minor: Death of parent and Pregnancy