Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

39 reviews

cdoubet's review against another edition

emotional tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Abandonment, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Addiction, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, and Death of parent

kaitielou's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Body shaming, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Chronic illness, Cursing, Bullying, Medical content, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Death, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Infertility, Vomit, and Medical trauma

jessedgartighe's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Abandonment, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Death of parent

katelynprice's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

3.75

I liked this book and these characters, but it really didn't need to be this long. It could have been trimmed and polished and been a better book. I love the mental health and therapy destigmatization and that the conflict was largely between friends, not romantic partners. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: Sexual assault, Abandonment, Medical content, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

rl_brennan's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Dysphoria, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Gaslighting, and Grief

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Abandonment

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reader1292938484's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Body shaming and Eating disorder

Minor: Abandonment, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

tragicgloom's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

This is one of the best books I've ever read. I can't put into words how much I love this book, the characters, the plot... everything! Absolute perfection!! <3

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood, Abandonment, Child abuse, Classism, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Vomit

nyx_999's review against another edition

emotional funny informative medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Cursing and Abandonment

readingthroughinfinity's review

lighthearted reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This is a fun and very spicy adult romance about a figure skater and a competitive hockey player who are thrown together when they have to share a rink for practice. I think the synopsis is a little misleading for the book because it implies that Nate and Anastasia have to work together for a lot of the story and learn how to be on the ice together, but in actuality the forced proximity only lasts for about 5 chapters. 

The rivals-to-lovers element is also over very quickly, which I didn't really mind, but if you're coming here for a long, drawn out, slow-burn rivals-to-lovers dynamic, then you might be disappointed. I appreciated the discussions of mental health and the focus on how much of a positive impact therapy can have, but I found the overall story a little underwhelming (the ending was a particular letdown for me). It also took me a while to get used to the nickname of "Stassie" because in the audiobook it sounds like "Stasi" and, well...that has some very specific historical connotations that I imagine the author might not want to be associated with this book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual content, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Violence, Alcohol, and Body shaming

Minor: Medical content, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

c_mariewrites's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-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

The reason I put “it’s complicated” for diversity of characters is because there are a lot of diverse characters but they are secondary to the MC’s. As this is first in a series I hope their stories will be told next (especially Henry)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment