Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Finish Line by Kate Stewart

13 reviews

chainsiren's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Abandonment, Violence, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Drug use, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Murder, Pregnancy, and Cursing

thechaoticreader_'s review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

if i could give the ravenhood trilogy 1000 stars, i would. i f*cken love this series sososo much. while i went through a roller coaster of emotion & i’m probably going to need at least 10 therapy sessions to do damage control, i’d read this trilogy 10’s over for the first time again. Reservation to get my heart torn out, party of one please 🤪

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Abandonment, Death, Alcohol, and Death of parent

Minor: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gun violence, and Violence

tiana_king's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

After the disappointment the last book was, I only gave this one a chance because I really did enjoy the first one. Cecilia is basically Bella Swan if she was angrier and more vindictive; but ultimately she’s still Bella f*ing Swan. Prepare to read New Moon all over again but mostly the part after she goes to Italy. This book was only slightly better than Exodus and for some reason the author tells you the end of the story from the beginning. I will never deign to reread this.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Murder, Classism, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Kidnapping, Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Blood

Minor: Cancer, Death of parent, Infidelity, and Infertility

kat1105's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, Murder, Violence, Blood, Grief, Mental illness, Alcohol, Death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment

aalysad's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

CECELIA YOU BAD BITCHHHHH! You outsmarted and beat the master at his own game! This whole series was incredible and I was not expecting that ending. I think this was my favorite of the series, dual POV with Tobias and Cecelia, that’s how it should have been for all of the books in my opinion. I am confused on why the epilogue with Sean was the same in both exodus and the finish line though? I loved these books so much I had to buy the physical copies of them. 💕

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Gun violence, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Car accident

jfb0622's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense 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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Grief and Toxic relationship

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Mental illness

hq_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

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

1.5

This book was not needed AT ALL. I get there were some unanswered questions after Exodus, but this book did not need to be this long. I had a lot of issues with it:

• Miscommunication: this was so frustrating and boring to read about. Cecelia and Tobias just kept going round in circles having the same argument over and over 😴
• Cecelia: she is still incredibly immature.
• Tobias: his personality literally changed just to make this “plot” work. I would have liked to see a story where he comes back to protect Cecelia against a threat and we get another enemies to lovers situation. His constant confessions got boring and just seemed so out of character.
• The plot: it was boring, unbelievable, incredibly cheesy…
• The spice was okay, but it should have been better considering the plot was lacking.
• Logic and timelines: I went back and tried to track Dom and Tobias’ ages and it kept varying as to whether he was 4 years older or “almost 6” years older. Also just the sheer premise of the Exodus company and the direction Tobias and Tyler take it by the end of the book was so ridiculous. Would never happen.

Didn’t mean to 💩 all over this book but I was so disappointed because I really enjoyed Exodus, especially Tobias and we didn’t get Tobias in this books. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Grief, and Sexual content

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Gun violence

amanda_reads13's review against another edition

emotional tense 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

3.5

I enjoyed the dual POV of this book and the growth of Cecilia, but felt this book was too long and could have been cut back significantly. I did enjoy the twist near the end showing how badass Cecilia is. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Murder, Gun violence, Grief, Death, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

kerttuli's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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

4.25

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual content, and Death

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, and Torture

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, and Mental illness

rachelmichelson's review

adventurous medium-paced

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Mental illness

Moderate: Fatphobia