Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

212 reviews

kateb15's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit, Grief, and Death of parent

meg_and_dex's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Violence, and Gaslighting

Minor: Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

gracescanlon's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Sexual assault, Terminal illness, and Classism

tennkait's review

challenging 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? It's complicated

4.5

My favorite kind of non-fantasy romances. But I wouldn’t read this one in public. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

fanboyriot's review

challenging fast-paced

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

1.0

If I’m being honest I didn’t care for this book that much.  All the mentions of sex felt way too much like immature middle schoolers who just learned what sex was.  The smut itself was okay, it read like something on Wattpad (derogatory).  Plus the pregnancy trope ruined it for me.

Aaron got away with way too much.  I don’t care what little drama with him was for the plot, he should have been put in his place; and even the ending for him wasn’t that good, he gets a transfer?  That’s all?!  He was so controlling, disgusting, and so creepy. 

The other thing that bothered me was how lightly the eating disorder of the FMC was mentioned.  She constantly struggled with food and it’s just lightly glossed over?  Huh?  How are you so pro therapy but continue to ignore most of your problems.

I really liked Nate and his friends, while getting flowers for his girlfriend he also got his friend some because he hadn’t ever gotten any before was such a wholesome moment.  Nate’s character in general was really enjoyable.

Read For

✓ Therapy 

✓ Insta-Love

✓ College Setting 

✓ Sports Romance

✓ Hockey x Figure Skater

Spice Level: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

Sad Level: 💧💧

Plot: 1/10

Pace: 6/10

Ending: 0/10

Characters: 5/10

Enjoyability: 5/10

Writing Style: 2/10

Would I Recommend? No

Favorite Character: Nate Hawkins

Favorite Quote: ❝ It's normal to understand something logically but emotionally feel something different. ❞

POV: Duel, First Person

Pages: 433 (13 hours)

Format: Audiobook (Libby)

Language: English 

Release Date: 22, November 2022

Rep/Extras: Mentions of pansexual side character

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Vomit, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Grief, and Classism

Minor: Cancer, Death, Infidelity, Medical content, and Car accident

madi_neel's review against another edition

funny inspiring lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

mika_rom's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring 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

4.25

veryyyyyy spicy!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

ellieb1's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Vomit, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

beccam22's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Abandonment, and Alcohol

insanebookperson's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol