Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Finish Line by Kate Stewart

16 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

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

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

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

jfb0622's review against another edition

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Grief and Toxic relationship

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Mental illness

ellielot's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful slow-paced

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

5.0

I don’t think I will ever get over these books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, and Gun violence

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

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. 

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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. 

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Content Warnings

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

ecravens's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death of parent, Sexual content, Violence, Body horror, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Alcohol, Car accident, Cursing, Abandonment, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Stalking, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

bryelle's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense 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? No

4.5

This books is written a bit differently than the others. This book gives us a lot of insight to Tobias’ life. It give us an insight to the grief he is dealing with and allows us to see him through different times in his life. This book we also see Cecelia grow a lot into the woman she is and how badass she is. I was really upset after book 2, but book 3 is worth finishing the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, Gun violence, War, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse