Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Exodus by Kate Stewart

44 reviews

whatindiaread's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

noveltay's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

5 STARS ALL THE WAY!!! More if I could!!!!
I have been crying- sobbing - for so long. It’s like, every time you gather yourself up after crying, this book punches you in the stomach. My heart is torn. My heart is taken out and thrown into a blender. 

I once saw a review that was just “My therapist will be hearing about this book.” and I didn’t understand it until now but man oh man… so true.

If you’re looking for more smut, I don’t think this is for you. This was a lot more emotional and character driven than spicy plot. But if you are emotionally attached to Dom or Sean, read with caution. I am genuinely terrified to read the next book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Murder, Sexual content, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

kinsilee's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

msvernier's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Gun violence

maddysbooks_'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

i’m actually surprised by how much i enjoyed this. while i did like the first book, i felt like there were a lot of problems and cecelia never stood up for herself, after being treated terribly, which was hard for me to enjoy. 
i started this book feeling the same way during the start of it. the relationship in this is extremely, extremely toxic, but we see cecelia begin to defend herself and not take everyone’s shit. i like that cecelia finally feels like a strong female character. 

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Content Warnings

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

rmb_books's review

dark emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

I didn’t expect this book to break me like it did. I feel like a completely different person after putting this book down. There is so much more to Exodus than an emotional romance. It’s commentary on morality and ethics and the intensity of love (at any age) is what has made this my new favorite book. If you’re going to read this book, be prepared for more than you’re expecting.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, and Violence

sdemo08's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense 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? Yes

5.0

The second part of this series has left me beyond distraught. I'm beginning to think I'm as much of a masochist as the main characters.

The amount of back and forth pull Kate Stewart is able to believably place between these relationships kept me reeling, frantically turning pages. 

At no point did I anticipate what would happen next. I have never enjoyed suspense nor the roller coaster of emotions I experienced before this journey. 

I have laughed, glared, and cried. I have been frustrated, thankful, and heartbroken.

Now onto the third!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Gun violence and Murder

Minor: Blood

kyliehenn's review

dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

alexandriasreads's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Let me just say that this series (so far) has wrecked me. While I feel so sad for Dom, I freaking love Sean and I just wish we had more Sean content 😭😭 the first time I’ve ever loved the blonde sunshine boy but goddamn do I love him. This would be a 5 star if I didn’t hate Tobias so much, I fell in love with Sean and Dom so quickly and easily, Tobias just felt very forced and I wish we would’ve gotten more from the boys. 
But overall, I really did enjoy this book. The ending was definitely rushed and seemed kind of thrown together,

I was definitely okay with them not being together. I loved that Cecelia finally gave herself permission to move on, and honestly I’m kinda bummed it didn’t stay that way. Probably would’ve gotten more stars if it did.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

deesquared's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

I'm still not sure I like this series, it was pretty emotional and made me stressed. I did prefer this book to the first, still didn't really like Sean, he's protections. 

It seems like most of the problems could have been solved with *communication*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Murder, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Fire/Fire injury