Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

156 reviews

ahopper7's review

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, and Emotional abuse

emmysforeverbooked'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

3.0

This book was really mid-tier for me. If I have to be honest, I enjoyed the side characters way more than I did the main characters. I would've much rather read about Lola and Robbie or a book about Henry than a book about Nate. Anastasia had her moments but for the most I liked her, it was just Nate that really got on my nerves 😭🤚🏻

Like he just seemed kinda toxic throughout the book. He had this chokehold on Anastasia in the same exact way that he complained about Aaron having a chokehold on her. Not saying I support Aaron by any means. I think both of them needed to grow up and let Anastasia be her own person. But in my own personal opinion, there is no way this author should've written, "He is such a man written by a woman" when the dude doesn't even know what tampons and shampoo are.

Other than my qualms with Nate, this book is pretty middle of the road for me. I did enjoy the friendship banter, and honestly to a degree, I enjoyed the banter within Anastasia and Nate's relationship. I enjoyed the sports aspects of the book, I honestly wish there had been a little more hockey content and less "we're athletes so we're also f*ckboys who love to party" content.

Overall, I enjoyed this book, but it's definitely not my favorite read of the year. I am glad I was able to give it a chance. And maybe in the future I'll re-read it and like it more but for now, it's just a 3 star.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Alcohol, and Sexual content

Moderate: Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Body shaming, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

autumnrh's review

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? It's complicated

3.0

So maybe I’m just a fantasy girlie but this was a tad cringe. The side characters were amazing and some of the romance was cute but some of that dialogue…come on. It also felt like a lot of details should have been more important than they were.

like why do that whole thing about her not landing that move in there when she was just going to skip to her being pregnant in the epilogue, the epilogue being her solo at the Olympics and mastering that move would have been perfect

The pacing also wasn’t my favorite and the ending/epilogue was very rushed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Cursing, Alcohol, and Eating disorder

jpxsoleil's review

emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Body shaming, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Toxic friendship and Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent and Sexual assault

kxjschw's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Mental illness, Cursing, Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Alcohol and Death of parent

httponyo's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

  I'll admit that I came into this book with low expectations , because of booktoks habit of hyping up books with sex scenes in them regardless If they're actually good books are not, But this one? This one was amazing. I don't think there's really a single part of this book where I wasn't satisfied with the way it went. 

    I love the way the romance was handled. I love the way the book doesn't try to toss in a whole bunch of sports information when it's not necessary for this story.  I love the communication my god I love the communication , it's very rare to see in romance books. I love the friendships, Love the non toxic sports friend group , They were gonestly one of the best parts of the story without overpowering the main couple.  I fell in love with everyone,  especially Henry , hopefully we get a book on him. I love how the FL's friendships and problems were handled. Her inner monolgue perfectly portrayed someone who had a therapist and I love that.

my one gripe would be that I wish they'd adopted like she planned , that would've been really sweet story wise considering her back<\spoiler>

    And the sex scenes? Extremely detailed but great to read .  Not cringey at all to me . And consent !!! with full communication throughout!! So rare to see sometimes. 

   Read the book. If you were on the fence about this story , I swear to you you'll enjoy it in some form. High praise to the author , can't wait to start on the next book in the series.  

   

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Sexual content

Moderate: Body shaming and Sexual assault

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

love_chloe_c's review

emotional funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Eating disorder, and Body shaming

Moderate: Cursing, Alcohol, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Sexual assault, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Vomit, and Emotional abuse

sea_tea_books's review

emotional tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No

3.0

Brief Summary: I'm in the Henry fan club, and I'm not down with binge drinking.
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Could have done without that particular ending. Also, I'm not a fan of the binge drinking/alcoholism and excessive swearing in this story. Maybe I just don't like college romance books? I would have liked to read more about the connections that developed between the various characters when they weren't drunk. 

Plenty of spice. Seriously, it was a lot. 

Maple Hills had almost cozy vibes . . . but only if the character had a trust fund or was connected to someone with money. We weren't privy to the "other side" of Maple Hills. 

There were so many characters that were introduced but not developed so I tripped on a few characters that I didn't recognize sprinkled throughout the story. As far as characters go, Henry was the most likeable. I'd read another Maple Hills book if he was the main character. (hint hint)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Dysphoria, Cursing, Classism, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Body shaming, Alcoholism, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, and Grief

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

Accidental pregnancy

riviuu's review

emotional funny medium-paced

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

2.5

its a bit like fanfiction but i did enjoy the non-toxic characters and the actual character self reflection in this book. it was entertaining but not a good piece of literature

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Toxic friendship

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

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Violence

ankiaisreading's review against another edition

lighthearted tense slow-paced

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

1.25

Literally just smut. I appreciate the consent and all, although sometimes it goes a bit too far. I usually don't mind some smut, but this book is excessive and the plot is almost nonexistent (I didn't expect this much smut, especially with a cover like that).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Eating disorder, and Body shaming

Moderate: Cursing, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, and Pregnancy