Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

89 reviews

cjetty's review

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

2.75

I love quick spicy book, and this was a quick spicy book. I think this one was over recommended and my expectations were too high. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Violence, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Eating disorder, and Sexual assault

cutepatzie's review

emotional hopeful informative 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? Yes

5.0

This is nice and light book to read. I like that it is a book to really good shows how manipulation can look like not only in relationships between friends like also coworkers. I am really happy that many of the inappropriate situations was addressed and no one made victims look bad. And I like good character development. And I can see how many of the characters have been through it. And it was nice to read that. My only complaint was sometimes the time skips to fast and tha was not enough for me plesurble to read but this is something that came maybe pist me of so will not change my grade. A good book to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Misogyny, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Dysphoria, Body shaming, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Sexism, and Gaslighting

meganpbennett's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

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

1.0

If this book had been about a hundred and fifty pages shorter, I might have liked it. I still would have found it completely overhyped, but I would have been far less disappointed.

The biggest issue is that there is basically no plot, and when the plot does finally kick in - 40% of the way through the book - it's somehow sidelined. Don't promise me something in the summary and then make me wait 210 pages for it. Because of this, the book dragged on. I found that it had far too much filler and not enough plot. It needed more hockey, more skating, and far less drinking and college students hooking up. On top of that, I found Anastasia to be a whiny and unlikable character. She didn't act like a college senior with Olympic aspirations, but a middle school girl. The book has a perfect set-up for a slow burn, not-quite enemies to lovers, and blew it by having no plot.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Alcohol, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Vomit, Mental illness, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, and Cursing

abidavisf's review against another edition

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? No

3.0

I was prepared to fall head over heels in love with Icebreaker and it did capture my attention, but I found myself feeling like, for such a long book, a lot of scenes were rushed.

I’d heard a lot about Icebreaker: that it’s spicy (I would say it’s spice adjacent), that’s its emotional (I would say it could have been had the more serious scenes been broken down more), and that it’s addictive (I have been thinking about it a lot but more in a ‘why did it play out like that?’ kind of way).

Icebreaker is an easy read if that is what you are looking for. It touches on some really important and hard topics and handles them well. It also has a diverse cast of characters which is refreshing. I would say, however, that it lacks depth and you may find yourself wanting to know more than you are being given.

I’m definitely interested to read Wildfire so stay tuned for my thoughts on that. I’ve heard it’s a lot more thorough.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Eating disorder, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Infidelity, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Violence, Abandonment, Body shaming, Cursing, Death of parent, Vomit, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, and Sexism

tadhgdoran08's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Sexual harassment, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Abandonment

elledanie'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

3.5

Liked it but it’s def 200 pages too long

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Cursing, Classism, Bullying, Alcohol, Eating disorder, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Pregnancy

kaitlynrose3636's review

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.5

Cute cozy book but very weak plot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Pregnancy, Vomit, Body shaming, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, and Sexism

amoremeg's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted slow-paced

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

5.0

The only thing that could tarnish the 5 star rating is the saccharine sweetness of each of the characters- it's near impossible. I'm told people this loving exist and maybe it's my own personal trauma the leads me to distrust that they might be grounded in reality. 

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Content Warnings

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

3readingcircus's review

3.0

100 pages too long

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Eating disorder, and Body shaming

Moderate: Death of parent and Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual harassment

capriqueen's review

lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I had multiple issues with this book. There were a lot of things that didn’t make sense, every character had the same personality, the infantilization of the autistic-coded character Henry, the domestication of Anastasia, etc. 

The couple had sweet moments, and I liked how head over heels Nathan was. The smut was okay

My favorite plotline was Aaron getting what he deserves. The ending was very abrupt

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Toxic friendship, and Sexual content

Moderate: Eating disorder