Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

36 reviews

shaipanda's review

emotional funny hopeful fast-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

4.75

I absolutely loveddd this and really enjoyed it overall but some of the stuff in the third act/last 10-20% of the book bothered me and reduced it a bit

I can’t put my finger on exactly what it was that bothered me but I think it was a combination of too many things going on at the end that weren’t really fully wrapped up, her ending up pregnant which was just unnecessary and also a bit frustrating since it clearly at least temporarily ends her pro skating career and also contradicts them talking about adoption, and just generally the whole thing with Aaron was so long and at some point it just became too much and started annoying me a bit - I also generally agree with the reviews talking abt how it’s too long cause I think a lot of these issues could’ve been solved by making it a bit shorter.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual assault, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Pregnancy

Minor: Abandonment, Pregnancy, and Death of parent

The sexual assaults is a very abrupt and non consensual kiss but thankfully doesn’t go any further but is still something to be aware of

demy_summer's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Body shaming, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, and Violence

meaghanslibrary's review

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.5

I’m between a 3.5 and 3.75 but I’m going to the higher end actually changed my mind while writing the review.

The spicy scenes are definitely spice.

The book though is a bit too long and dragged at the end yet also the ending felt very rushed.

I wish there was more character development with the evil friend I am totally blanking on his name. Like he just seemed pure bad and I didn’t really feel for his character even when Stas was saying he was good. He fell flat for me. Actually all the characters fell a little flat I think I’m going to drop by rating down to 3.5. All the characters seemed all good or all bad there wasn’t really an in between. Or at least any discussion of an in between, like Nathan was very controlling at points.

If you like spice the book is good for that, nice quick read. Will probably read this author again. Not a top romance author like Emily Henry but still enjoyable to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Body shaming, Classism, Medical content, Sexual content, Ableism, Mental illness, and Gaslighting

heyheylwoabaha's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring relaxing sad tense 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

4.25

i hate aaron. thats all i have to say

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Toxic friendship

Minor: Pregnancy, Abandonment, Sexual assault, Mental illness, and Emotional abuse

lynini's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad 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: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Abandonment, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Alcohol, and Vomit

nagisasigh's review against another edition

funny inspiring 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

2.75

Listen, Im not for or against this book per say. It had some really cute moments and places where I found pieces of writing that I loved. The ending felt a little rushed, however and

the pregnancy

kinda ruined the vibe for me. Nate is sweet tho!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Bullying, and Alcohol

Minor: Abandonment and Death of parent

sophieamreacher's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-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

3.5

I got this after reading From Lukov, With Love and I felt like it had so much potential but I just felt this was missing something. I felt like some of the characters needed fleshing out more and I wished we saw more of them training together and building that relationship and trust. I was also a bit let down by the ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Abandonment, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Violence

Minor: Pregnancy, Blood, and Vomit

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

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