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andy_flores's review against another edition
1.0
Want to know what happens if you train six times a week for eight hours a day on an ice rink? It will freeze your two last brain cells. Or at least that’s what happened to Jasmine and Ivan, God help them.
I feel like the ice rink froze their maturity growth rate and their last shot at being normal, decent human beings. They are 26 and 30, acting 12 and 14, God help us all. I was sooo weirded out by how mean they were, Ivan was straight up cruel, and just brushed it off as “its because you are tough and can take it”, bullshit, you are just a fatphobic, possessive, piece of __, aaaaand I will stop myself there before I get carried away. I really tried, truly, but that final scene was just horrible, awkward, and soooooo like it was written by a 14 year old, you know which scene. I truly feel like I need to bleach my eyes after that scene, and I literally skimmed through it.
I can’t even organize my thoughts so I will list them as they come:
- How, hooooow did we go from hating this guy to being completely and madly in love with him, with absolutely no warning, like, are we okay, Jas??
- Unnecessary, boring, and super long descriptions, I will never forget how we get a full description of the skates protective covers, them having faux fur and memory foam, with it adding absolutely nothing to the plot. Like, was the goal to make us know Jasmine is passionate about skating and takes care of her skates? Cause if that was it, we get it, she is a professional skater, no need to comment on her skates’ protective case.
- We get soooo many nicknames or remarks throughout the book I thought we would get an explanation for, but never do. For example, we never get to know why he calls her Meatball, but I swear to god if it has anything to do with her weight….
- Also, why was she so mean all the time to the little girls skating? If she had such a hard time growing up and getting mean comments as she said, wouldn’t she be a little but more empathic to all of them, and understand that even the mean girls are mean because they are deep-rooted in insecurities. Cue again to her acting like a 12 year old.
- Im sorry, I have to say it. I have never been so annoyed by an author's writing, why did she describe every single person with the most random description, like, “the redheaded woman who gave birth to me”, or “the second most annoying drama queen in my house”, (using one of her favorite forms of writing), Just. Say. Their. Names.
- And lastly, I truly enjoy some enemies-to-lovers, and some bickering in a relationship, but from that, to literally hyping up some cruel and straight up verbal and emotional abuse, come on, its the twenty-first century, let's all go to group therapy, yes, I'm looking at you, booktok.
I feel lighter, cleaner, freer, after writing this. Thanks for reading, mom.
Thoughts during the book (kindle %) BEWARE OF SPOILERS:
3% waaaay too many details, I truly don’t need to know if her skates protective case have memory foam in them
8% looks like she was bitter or hard once or twice, and people told her that was what she was and she believed it and took it as the truth
11% wtf are these descriptions “the redheaded woman who had given birth to me”
13% currently hating being inside of her head, is she always this mean??
13% HAHAHAHA omggg she’s bold hint: butt ugly costume
14% HOW are we supposed to like Ivan after saying that stuff wtfff
15% omg and another book-to-book coincidence, Mom has had four husbands (Georgia’s mom, Ava, in The Things We Leave Unfinished) and here.
15% Mariana Zapata is waaaay too descriptive, “eyes that remind me of the sapphire in Titanic” chill
17% back to the weird descriptions: “her smile as weak as the coffee Ben made.”
20% wtf hes disguting, are we really attracted to this??? Hint: weight remark
21% he truly is an asshole, if this ends up in a I-liked-you-too-much-and-dindt-know-how-to-tell-you-so-I-was-an-asshole trope, Im burning this book (in my mind at least cause im reading it on my kindle)
25% what age are they? 13? Wtf
30% he all of the sudden uses the word “cute” oh comeeee onnnnn
34% what’s up with the full on monologues she has between dialogues hint: they are at the twenty question interview and she has like four paragraphs of monologue in between each answer
46% “I’d never make fun of you.” Says the a-hole that has done just that for over a decade
48% wtf am I reading, I want to cleanse my eyes with bleach ew
51% if he pulls an “I always carry it in case you need some” shit I’m done, hint: a Hersheys kiss on his pocket
51% if she mentions one more time he has blue-gray eyes….
56% weird chapter change but ok
67% why would you keep that ewww
68% why would you need to see his phone tho
69% ickkkk hint: dogs weirdass situation
71% so now they’re laughing, are we really going to ignore his meltdown??
73% what is he? Dr Doolittle?
88% at what time did we go from hating the absolute guts of him to, this man who meant the world to me.” To LOVING HIM wtffff
88% so they just completely ignore the fact that he kissed her out of nowhere like it was completely normal, and never mention it again????
97% THE ANACONDA WTFFFFFF
99% why are they soooooo self-absorbed wtfff
I feel like the ice rink froze their maturity growth rate and their last shot at being normal, decent human beings. They are 26 and 30, acting 12 and 14, God help us all. I was sooo weirded out by how mean they were, Ivan was straight up cruel, and just brushed it off as “its because you are tough and can take it”, bullshit, you are just a fatphobic, possessive, piece of __, aaaaand I will stop myself there before I get carried away. I really tried, truly, but that final scene was just horrible, awkward, and soooooo like it was written by a 14 year old, you know which scene. I truly feel like I need to bleach my eyes after that scene, and I literally skimmed through it.
I can’t even organize my thoughts so I will list them as they come:
- How, hooooow did we go from hating this guy to being completely and madly in love with him, with absolutely no warning, like, are we okay, Jas??
- Unnecessary, boring, and super long descriptions, I will never forget how we get a full description of the skates protective covers, them having faux fur and memory foam, with it adding absolutely nothing to the plot. Like, was the goal to make us know Jasmine is passionate about skating and takes care of her skates? Cause if that was it, we get it, she is a professional skater, no need to comment on her skates’ protective case.
- We get soooo many nicknames or remarks throughout the book I thought we would get an explanation for, but never do. For example, we never get to know why he calls her Meatball, but I swear to god if it has anything to do with her weight….
- Also, why was she so mean all the time to the little girls skating? If she had such a hard time growing up and getting mean comments as she said, wouldn’t she be a little but more empathic to all of them, and understand that even the mean girls are mean because they are deep-rooted in insecurities. Cue again to her acting like a 12 year old.
- Im sorry, I have to say it. I have never been so annoyed by an author's writing, why did she describe every single person with the most random description, like, “the redheaded woman who gave birth to me”, or “the second most annoying drama queen in my house”, (using one of her favorite forms of writing), Just. Say. Their. Names.
- And lastly, I truly enjoy some enemies-to-lovers, and some bickering in a relationship, but from that, to literally hyping up some cruel and straight up verbal and emotional abuse, come on, its the twenty-first century, let's all go to group therapy, yes, I'm looking at you, booktok.
I feel lighter, cleaner, freer, after writing this. Thanks for reading, mom.
Thoughts during the book (kindle %) BEWARE OF SPOILERS:
Spoiler
2% Tonya Harding vibes3% waaaay too many details, I truly don’t need to know if her skates protective case have memory foam in them
8% looks like she was bitter or hard once or twice, and people told her that was what she was and she believed it and took it as the truth
11% wtf are these descriptions “the redheaded woman who had given birth to me”
13% currently hating being inside of her head, is she always this mean??
13% HAHAHAHA omggg she’s bold hint: butt ugly costume
14% HOW are we supposed to like Ivan after saying that stuff wtfff
15% omg and another book-to-book coincidence, Mom has had four husbands (Georgia’s mom, Ava, in The Things We Leave Unfinished) and here.
15% Mariana Zapata is waaaay too descriptive, “eyes that remind me of the sapphire in Titanic” chill
17% back to the weird descriptions: “her smile as weak as the coffee Ben made.”
20% wtf hes disguting, are we really attracted to this??? Hint: weight remark
21% he truly is an asshole, if this ends up in a I-liked-you-too-much-and-dindt-know-how-to-tell-you-so-I-was-an-asshole trope, Im burning this book (in my mind at least cause im reading it on my kindle)
25% what age are they? 13? Wtf
30% he all of the sudden uses the word “cute” oh comeeee onnnnn
34% what’s up with the full on monologues she has between dialogues hint: they are at the twenty question interview and she has like four paragraphs of monologue in between each answer
46% “I’d never make fun of you.” Says the a-hole that has done just that for over a decade
48% wtf am I reading, I want to cleanse my eyes with bleach ew
51% if he pulls an “I always carry it in case you need some” shit I’m done, hint: a Hersheys kiss on his pocket
51% if she mentions one more time he has blue-gray eyes….
56% weird chapter change but ok
67% why would you keep that ewww
68% why would you need to see his phone tho
69% ickkkk hint: dogs weirdass situation
71% so now they’re laughing, are we really going to ignore his meltdown??
73% what is he? Dr Doolittle?
88% at what time did we go from hating the absolute guts of him to, this man who meant the world to me.” To LOVING HIM wtffff
88% so they just completely ignore the fact that he kissed her out of nowhere like it was completely normal, and never mention it again????
97% THE ANACONDA WTFFFFFF
99% why are they soooooo self-absorbed wtfff
mj_26's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
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? Yes
5.0
hananabil16's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
lighthearted
slow-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
joylynnreads's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
reflective
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? Yes
4.0
tdem122's review against another edition
3.0
[1st read from 20/2/2023 to 26/2/2023] — 3.75⭐️
— ummm, i’m going through a romance phase, i’m done with being a hater. and this was really really cute??? the slow burn was so nice and i just really enjoyed their chemistry
— ummm, i’m going through a romance phase, i’m done with being a hater. and this was really really cute??? the slow burn was so nice and i just really enjoyed their chemistry
mclark224's review against another edition
emotional
funny
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? Yes
4.75
meggyy's review against another edition
4.0
Ok j'ai adoré !
Je veux lire d'autres livres qui traitent du patinage artistique ! Et mon dieu j'ai trop aimé la relation d'Ivan et Jasmine
Je veux lire d'autres livres qui traitent du patinage artistique ! Et mon dieu j'ai trop aimé la relation d'Ivan et Jasmine
lj99's review against another edition
5.0
This was amazing. Idk why it took me song long to read it but Omg THE SLOW BURN!!!!!!! I usually get bored with slow burns but I was genuinely rooting for them so hard and was in the edge of my seat waiting for them to get together BUT THEY WERE BEST FRIENDS FIRST AND IT WAS SO CUTE AND I LOVED THE BOTH OF THEM!!!!!!