Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

352 reviews

letiross'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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Sexual content, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Body shaming, and Gaslighting

Minor: Pregnancy and Death of parent

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Bullying, Gaslighting, and Eating disorder

teamlauren11's review against another edition

emotional inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• 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, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Grief, Vomit, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Eating disorder

sldibened's review against another edition

funny 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

3.75

Entertaining and an easy read. Only qualm is there are a lottttt of characters which made it confusing and tricky to follow at times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Cursing, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Pregnancy

yalipopcultureads's review against another edition

lighthearted slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent

my3bb8's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Eating disorder, and Sexual content

Moderate: Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Sexual assault

Minor: Vomit

emilycacho's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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? No

3.0

A wild ride. Not something I normally pick up but it was fun. If you're into straight people romance and book boyfriends then this is the read for you. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: Death of parent

nika_nix's review against another edition

lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

2.5

If at least 100 pages of sex and partying were cut out, maybe this could've been a decent romance. There were actually some interesting plotpoints and the love interest was not toxic at all, which is probably the reason I actually finished this one. It feels very juvenile and I'm obviously too old to read college romances, even though I'm only 25. 

Also, I hated the epilogue so much, I don't understand why romance authors think this always has to be a happily ever after, even when the character actually expressed they don't want it earlier in the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: Cancer, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Death of parent

kenzbrandes's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

3.5

The book ended up being more deep than I anticipated (I thought it was going to be extremely fluffy with how it started). I could relate to a lot of the pressures Stassie was facing and have been in toxic relationships like she has. I was more invested with her than I anticipated. 

HOWEVER - the college relationship felt so college to me, it was sometimes hard to get through their hot and cold. The last fourth of the book was not it (I hate ending a book not liking it as I had when I started). The epilogue was just awful and gave me the ick. 

Also, 3.5 🌶️ 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Eating disorder, and Emotional abuse

kmmartin2000's review against another edition

funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.5

I liked the plot of this book and the overall storyline, however, the prose seemed juvenile, and it felt like there was too much information to keep up with throughout the story, especially with the side characters. I did enjoy the ending, and i felt that the book improved as it went on. Overall a fun and lighthearted read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Death of parent