Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Finish Line by Kate Stewart

13 reviews

chainsiren's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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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

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.

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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

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Content Warnings

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

marypetrushko's review

challenging emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Physical abuse

kyrstin_p1989's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

4.5

I thought I was okay with the ending of book two but this final chapter of Tobias’ and Cecilia’s story is the perfect wrap up of the series. Cecilia’s character arc from beginning to end of the series is one of my favorites — a true coming of age story. The ways that Stewart honored Dom in this book were also some of the best parts of this book. Add in romance, spice, and some moments to put you on the edge of your seat and you have a winning book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Infertility, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Blood, Confinement, Torture, Stalking, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcoholism, Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, War, Violence, and Gore

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. 💕

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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

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. 

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Content Warnings

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

theshrew's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Murder, Addiction, and Sexual content

Minor: Toxic relationship and Suicide attempt

charlynlynlyn's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent

noveltay's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

Although I might not have pictured the ending at all, I’m not mad. I will say this book out of the 3 was the slowest to read, and man does Cecelia complain/fight a lot. Less spicy than the first two. I like the story line and seeing Tobias practically beg daily.

Not really a spoiler but my favorite “aw” scene ever was the Halloween chapter. 

The way it ended had my heart stomped on again, but in a good way?! 

I wish there was another book to fill in more gaps, or even POV’s from Sean and Dom for the first two books, that would be incredible although I know it’s her last addition to this series. Seeing Tobias’ POV was my favorite part of this book. Maybe that’s because Cecelia has a long inner monologue and maybe it’s because Tobias had more depth than he let on, but one thing for sure is the *spicy scenes* from the perspective of Tobias were incredible.

I MISS DOMMMMMM!!! and … “pup” got me good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Sexual content, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Torture, Toxic relationship, and Domestic abuse

Minor: War, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Death of parent