Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Finish Line by Kate Stewart

11 reviews

thechaoticreader_'s review against another edition

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 🤪

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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

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

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

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

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

mypatronusisajedi's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Blood, Cursing, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Death of parent, Bullying, Alcohol, and Death

Moderate: Sexual assault, Violence, Vomit, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, and Torture

Minor: Infertility and Terminal illness

laura_rheads_too_much's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death and Gun violence

Minor: Death of parent, Mental illness, Grief, Alcoholism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol

charlynlynlyn's review against another edition

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 against another edition

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

thefatpaperback's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

4.5

You will sob. The ending of this trilogy, especially the last few chapters, is great. I couldn’t imagine a better way to end this story. Fuck, seriously, I am emotionally drained and forever traumatized from reading these books, but damn if it wasn’t a good fucking time—even with the tears and loss. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, War, and Violence

Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia