Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

197 reviews

doodeedoda's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

2.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and Infidelity

readwithkel's review against another edition

hopeful medium-paced

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

2.75

There was so much hype surrounding this book, but I was so disappointed. 

There were too many characters with too-elaborate backstories, making this hard to follow. The writing was generally good, but there were too many sub-plots for my taste. 

What really ruined it for me was the epilogue. I was really disappointed with how the book ended and felt it was very out-of-character. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Vomit and Death of parent

shelbyrodger's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted fast-paced

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

1.0

this was torture 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Body shaming, Bullying, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Vomit and Eating disorder

Minor: Sexual assault

racheldonna14's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

Worthy of the hype for the smut content alone. I had a silly goofy fun time and will be reading every other book in this series.

not seeing Anastasia’s solo career is a miss on the authors part. She gains all of this confidence via her man but it would have been so much more interesting to see her do it for a career that is entirely reliant upon herself. The public non-consensual kiss was visceral to read and if it *needed* to be included, it should have happened with more than 20 odd pages left in the book to see some of Anastasia’s growth and processing which we were granted for much less severe plot points.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

rdmoreland0801's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted reflective 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

3.5

The story was cute, but there was definitely some things that annoyed me throughout.

Enjoyed: 
Any scene with Anastasia and Nate being cute and couple-y.  She’s a smartass and he loves it.  She needs someone to take care of her and he is ready to do it.

Anastasia’s relationship with the other hockey guys, esepecially Henry.  He is so sweet and blatantly honest.  Protect him at all costs.  I totally understand wanting to marry him, in a completely unromantic way.

Annoyed:
Anastasia’s relationship with Aaron. It wouldn’t have annoyed me so much if it didn’t last until the very end of the book.  Aaron is a complete piece of shut, no redeeming qualities.  The scene at the competition crossed too many lines.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, Body shaming, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Eating disorder

fayesfate's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Sexual assault

khiggins2's review against another edition

lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

shaipanda's review against another edition

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

ashleysager's review against another edition

lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.25

Was good overall but had a lot of sexual content and unrealistic storylines. Lovable characters for sure. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: Sexual assault and Pregnancy

dropshift5568's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

Too much filler and not enough plot to balance well. But also a new plot point hitting every few chapters with minimal resolution. We never got more info on Aaron’s actions. Half of the storyline in the book description didn’t happen until 50% in, which is bizarre. 

Started off well but ended up being a rage finish to be able to stop reading the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, and Sexual content

Minor: Sexual assault, Terminal illness, and Pregnancy