Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

184 reviews

em_catherine's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

4.0

I LOVED the side characters in this book. Especially the hockey team. The only thing that made me want to keep reading was those characters. The main character was unlikeable, and how she blatantly ignored all concerns from everyone around her about her abusive partnership drove me nuts. She constantly claimed to be self aware but never actually acted accordingly. I loved the love interest, but he definitely settled. It also wasn't really an enemies to lovers because they got together so quickly. Also WHY did she need to nearly drown. It didn’t feel relevant for needed in the story whatsoever  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Sexual assault

Minor: Alcohol and Death of parent

Drowning described in detail, character is revived and is fine

dexlud's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-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

I quite enjoyed Icebreaker, but the fact I had to skim between page 350 and 380 really wasn’t fun. I enjoyed the downfall of the c**t, and the epilogue was very cute.

R.I.P Anastasia’s

pussy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Sexual assault

Minor: Abortion

llandprosper's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: Sexual assault

angreadseverything's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Pregnancy, Blood, Body shaming, Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Vomit

aniki512's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Fatphobia, and Body shaming

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: Vomit, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy

emmadilemma01's review against another edition

funny lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: Sexual assault

ob_liv_ious's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Eating disorder, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Sexual assault

alexajhp's review against another edition

challenging emotional lighthearted 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Gaslighting

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

amelianotthepilot's review against another edition

3.0

It wasn't bad but it wasn't good and I certainly don't understand the hype. I also think this author has never seen hockey before. 

It follows Anastasia, a partner figure skater headed to the Olympics, and Nate, the captain of the hockey team headed for the NLS. They of course are enemies to lovers forced to use the same icerink after the hockey teams' rink is destroyed by vandals. I didn't love how Anastasia was that classic female trope who is an uptight, A-type, rule-following girl who is 'fixed' by her chill, go-with-the-flow boyfriend. Anastasia deals with an eating disorder, an overbearing controlling skating partner, and commitment issues all while trying to make it to the Olympics. 

I would gladly completely rip out the 2 years later epilogue it gave me such ick.

My main critique comes with the first two chapters that intro our main characters. The main male's chapter starts with him waking up next to a naked woman, having blacked out. It never addresses this as rape and largely ignores men being taken advantage of but does highlight that being drunk=no consent.

Tropes: reader girl/jock boy, dainty itty bitty tiny girl/massive man, man fixes the girl, forced proximity, enemies to lovers, falling in an ice cold lake

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship