Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

42 reviews

queerbookworm'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

4.0

I actively avoided this book for over a year because it was a "booktok book" and I genuinely regret not reading it sooner. It's not perfect but it is way better than I expected and an enjoyable read. It's not all spice with no plot which was a very real concern of mine going in but it's a good story with spice throughout, the only proper way to write a spicy book in my opinion as a smut reader since the age of 13. The plot gets a bit predictable at points but is still able to grip you. The characters are lovely (

except Arron

) and were where I got most of my enjoyment from. I will absolutely be reading more from this author in the future. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cursing, Body shaming, Alcohol, Misogyny, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity, Blood, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Vomit

uranaishi's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Eating disorder, Medical content, Pregnancy, Bullying, Cursing, Gaslighting, and Sexism

Minor: Violence, Vomit, Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, and Death

cinderrunner's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.75

The book was cute. The relationship was cute. There were some genuinely precious moments that gave me butterflies. I would have rated it higher if not for two things. 1) Aaron was ABUSIVE and that is never properly tackled. The behavior he exhibits is incredibly dangerous. He

sexually assualts

Anastasia. But it is never called that. He is never held accountable, he never faces consequences, and even when Anastasia does cut him off the gravity of what he did is underplayed in the plot. I believe everything he did was premeditated, i cannot accept that

he didnt know he was underfeeding Anastasia (especially given how she calls him out for lifting well over her body weight. Why would he make such a fuss about her weight if he could lift it unless he was trying to exert power over her and manipulate her relationship to food to keep her dependent on him? Which would fall under emotional abuse btw).

, and given that he intentionally lied about

how he broke his arm (again in order to try to manipulate her)

it only stands to reason that he knew damn well what he was doing the whole time. The characters are constantly trying to either excuse his behavior, justify it, or questioning what his motives could possibly be. But nobody (even Anastasia with all her therapy) ever points out the obvious of him being an abuser and him wanting control over his victim. Seriously, Aaron was textbook red flag abuser. The way it is downplayed in this book truly disgusts me. If you ever meet someone like Aaron, RUN. 2) i HATE a

pregnancy

trope and that epilogue pissed me off. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Alcohol, Cursing, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Body shaming, and Misogyny

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Emotional abuse

emmasmidnightlibrary's review

slow-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? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Sexism, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, and Sexual content

kashrae99's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Body shaming, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexism, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Death of parent

Minor: Vomit

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

britt93414's review

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Misogyny, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Eating disorder, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, and Sexual content

Moderate: Pregnancy

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

ammah's review against another edition

inspiring lighthearted slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Emotional abuse

sunshinehwngs's review against another edition

The plot is what you expect but what I didn’t expect is how unlikeable the main character is, but that’s not even my main issue. My main issue is her relationships with the men around her, including her best friend and love interests. TW: Disordered eating , body image issues

The best friend of the main character constantly criticizes how and what she eats to the point where she’s tracking how many pieces of popcorn she’s eating. They’re figure skaters so he constantly is shitting on her because in his eyes any amount of weight gain will make it difficult for him to lift her which is bullshit because the body naturally fluctuates it’s weight. THEN how the author describes these men compared to her is disgusting - in that hour I listened to it, on FOUR accounts the author talks about how big these men are, 6 foot plus beefcakes, and how tiny and delicate she is in comparison. Like we got it the first time but this combined with the disordered eating was far too much.

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Content Warnings

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