Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

179 reviews

kotashomelibrary's review against another edition

emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Sexual content, Eating disorder, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Violence

alivotta's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Alcohol and Pregnancy

cjetty's review against another edition

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

I love quick spicy book, and this was a quick spicy book. I think this one was over recommended and my expectations were too high. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Violence, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Eating disorder, and Sexual assault

kindofbookish's review against another edition

emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

3.5

Unfortunately, I feel like this book could've done well to be a bit shorter. It felt like Hannah was writing very random scenes to fill the void. There was not a lot of real purpose to some of the things that happened, and some conflict was resolved so quickly. I got similar vibes to how I used to write my 1D fanfiction when I was 12 - can be entertaining, but random conflict for the sake of page filling is unnecessary. 

Hopefully Wildfire is better! I did enjoy 75% of Icebreaker, but it fell a little flat near the end.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent, Eating disorder, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

chlfrmn's review against another edition

lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

2.0

Very spicy 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: Violence

sarahsbookss's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Vomit, Body shaming, Cursing, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Eating disorder, Alcohol, and Death of parent

lizdon's review against another edition

emotional funny 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: Sexual content, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Pregnancy, and Violence

sailinginthetea's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Sexual content

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Death of parent

Minor: Violence and Pregnancy

theverycraftyvegan'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

4.0

I really enjoyed the story of finding love where you don’t expect it, friends who are there for you no matter what, toxic people getting their comeuppance, and that while having a team/partner beside you is great you can also do things solo and be okay. 

That being said, I found this book to be too sexy? Like there was so much sex it was eventually just background noise. Definitely not an audiobook to listen to with the kids around, but by about half way I could have skipped through the sex scenes and still enjoyed the book. 

All sex aside, I loved the communication between all the characters (friendship and romantic relations) and the amount of times Nate and Stas mentioned therapy and how beneficial it was. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Grief, Infidelity, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Chronic illness, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Sexual assault and Pregnancy

brittinyh3711's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

4-4.5 stars. I enjoyed this book. Had alot of laughs and swooning over Nate. But Aaron just made me so stinking mad that it made me like the book a bit less 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Bullying, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Pregnancy, Vomit, and Violence