Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

14 reviews

kaydeedickins's review

emotional funny hopeful medium-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

5.0

So very good! The third act conflict felt true to the characters and was well written, not just some random miscommunication like some romance books. I love the communally theme and the lack of damsel-in-distress storytelling. Only reason I didn’t finish it one day is because I have a toddler who wants to read his books. But it’s that good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Sexual content, Alcohol, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Death of parent, Violence, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Gaslighting

Minor: Terminal illness and Medical content

dropshift5568's review

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

Too much filler and not enough plot to balance well. But also a new plot point hitting every few chapters with minimal resolution. We never got more info on Aaron’s actions. Half of the storyline in the book description didn’t happen until 50% in, which is bizarre. 

Started off well but ended up being a rage finish to be able to stop reading the book. 

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Sexual assault, Terminal illness, and Pregnancy

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

sop17hie's review against another edition

funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

4.5

So fun

Someone asked me on the bus if I was reading ice breaker and she was so giddy, gushing about how much she liked the book.

Not a slow burn!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, and Sexual content

Moderate: Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Classism, Body shaming, Pregnancy, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Death of parent

kaetheluise_nckl's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted tense 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Terminal illness, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Vomit

Minor: Infidelity and Pregnancy

terminal illness: Nate’s

mom’s death

is spoken about on page but happens off page; sexual harassment: forced kiss at the end of chapter

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body shaming: referenced throughout the book eating disorder: referenced throughout the book pregnancy: on page in

the epilogue

sexual content:

cunnilingus, fellatio, sex in a car (fingering) while other people are present, unprotected sex resulting in pregnancy

erica_dutton's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Sexual content

Moderate: Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Violence, Terminal illness, Bullying, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Mental illness

newbiereads's review against another edition

Couldn't get into the story

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Terminal illness

daisy1_f's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Body shaming, Bullying, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, and Sexual harassment

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

annikenr's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Bullying, Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Medical trauma, and Sexual content

Moderate: Pregnancy, Vomit, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Violence, and Sexual assault