Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

191 reviews

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

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

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

Minor: Violence, Vomit, and Pregnancy

iluv_julia's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Eating disorder and Violence

Minor: Death of parent

thebookishmel's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-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

4.5

I ADORED THIS BOOK but I also recognize the good and the bad LOL. I love the cast of character and how they ride for each other. I love how sensitive topics of ED, familial relationships, and obligations to who and what you love were addressed and dealt with. And I love Anastasia’s name and nicknames c:

This is also a SUPER smutty book and I can see how it can be a LOT. But you have TWO COLLEGE STUDENTS LUSTY IN LOVE. it makes sense IMO lmao

I will say it was indeed TOO DAMN LONG (14 hr audiobook!!?) and I’m gonna pretend that epilogue didn’t exist bc ew. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: Violence

mackenzie073's review against another edition

emotional sad 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

I hate Aaron with a passion
Love the banter 
I want Aaron to die 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Eating disorder and Violence

abidavisf's review against another edition

funny 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? No

3.0

I was prepared to fall head over heels in love with Icebreaker and it did capture my attention, but I found myself feeling like, for such a long book, a lot of scenes were rushed.

I’d heard a lot about Icebreaker: that it’s spicy (I would say it’s spice adjacent), that’s its emotional (I would say it could have been had the more serious scenes been broken down more), and that it’s addictive (I have been thinking about it a lot but more in a ‘why did it play out like that?’ kind of way).

Icebreaker is an easy read if that is what you are looking for. It touches on some really important and hard topics and handles them well. It also has a diverse cast of characters which is refreshing. I would say, however, that it lacks depth and you may find yourself wanting to know more than you are being given.

I’m definitely interested to read Wildfire so stay tuned for my thoughts on that. I’ve heard it’s a lot more thorough.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Body shaming, Cursing, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

madz_luvz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Toxic friendship

Minor: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Violence, and Toxic friendship

avacole2005's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

3.75

I really really enjoyed the story line. I haven’t read any hockey romances really before and I loved this one. I could do with less sex scenes honestly, I get they like each other but writing for four pages about it is a little ridiculous. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Eating disorder and Alcohol

Minor: Violence

miss_believer's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.5

I loved the book, but the ending disappointed me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Eating disorder and Gaslighting

Minor: Violence and Vomit

melanieripple's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Body shaming

Minor: Violence