Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

802 reviews

littlered22's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

Cutesy fun read. Smut was great and not over done. Made me feel a wide range of emotions and the drama kept me interested. Lots of drama which is to be expected with a college romance 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: Sexual harassment and Death of parent

megthecatlady's review against another edition

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

5.0

Nate is like the perfect book boyfriend. The way he supported Anastasia through everything, and their whole relationship 🥺 I loved that there was no third act break up and no miscommunication trope. This book was everything I didn't know I needed in a romance novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Eating disorder and Mental illness

Minor: Infidelity

natashaball's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Pregnancy

kloughlin'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: Alcohol, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Eating disorder, Pregnancy, and Infidelity

Minor: Terminal illness, Death of parent, Violence, and Sexual assault

princessklee's review against another edition

funny 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and Vomit

kingsnail's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

1.0

*Shrek voice* “I was just reading a uhhhh…poorly written, horny book”

Jesus Christ. What was this and why was it THIRTEEN HOURS long. And why did I have to hear so much about fucking blowjobs. “Your Christmas gift to me was letting me cum inside you without a condom” Gross. GROSSSSSS. And people are swooning in all the reviews about Nate being a perfect bf and everything excuse me while I puke. 

This is a book I purchased on Libro as a “fun read” and had to suffer through because I’d paid money for it. 
And not to be super extra about it, but for all the fucking they did, they never fucked when he was in his hockey uniform or she was in her leotard which feels like a missed opportunity that tiktok would have EATEN UP. 
Also, I thought that Nathan was gonna have to skate with her in the final, which would have made more sense with the rest of the book. 

Oh, and we’re just going to throw this little diddy into the epilogue where the FMC is pregnant (and her therapist who has been her therapist for like 14 years says that pregnancy suits her????): “with an Olympic gold medal winner as a mother and a Stanley cup winner as a father….” (paraphrased) ???????????? NOT EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE THIS WAY

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Body shaming

cleotheo's review against another edition

emotional funny slow-paced

3.75

Heed the smut warning. Definitely a horny book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, and Sexual content

Moderate: Pregnancy, Body shaming, Death of parent, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Sexual assault

thereadingfairy's review against another edition

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Abandonment, Medical content, Infidelity, and Sexual harassment

The cover of this book misleadingly makes it look like a cute, innocent, lighthearted romance. The characters and their relationships, however, are certainly not ‘innocent’. Most of the book is more about lust than love, which I personally didn’t want to read.

fairytales'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I liked this more than I expected to. I feel like I’ve had mixed luck/feelings on sports romances but I felt like this was done really well, though there is a lot of spice.

It was hard to watch her give Aaron, who was controlling and abusive, so many chances but it’s a serious issue and I appreciated the complications of a non-romantic partnership. I also appreciated the therapy. I felt like we got to know a number of the friends. It was nice to see both mental and physical disabilities portrayed in this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship and Sexual content

Moderate: Body shaming and Gaslighting

lindasoderlundd's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Alcohol, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Eating disorder and Violence

Minor: Vomit, Abandonment, and Body shaming