Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Exodus by Kate Stewart

20 reviews

theycallmebookish's review

emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Cecilia annoyed me in the first book and she didn’t get better in this one. I still wanted to shake her and force her into therapy because WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU GIRL!? It’s like when you tell a kid to not touch the stove because it’s hot and they run and touch the stove then are surprised that it’s hot. WHY DO YOU NOT LISTEN CECILIA!? I know Frenchmen are hot but cmon! I was a bit thrown when we jumped in time and was a bit confused and also concerned that Cecilia was still acting like a 19 year old but pretending to be an adult. Also, can we just have one relationship between same aged people? All of the relationships in this book have over like a 10 year age gap and the relationships start at 18-19. Maybe it’s because of what I do for a living but that just bothers me a bit. 

But the spice was spicing 🌶️

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Drug use, Gaslighting, Grief, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Death of parent, Blood, Cancer, and Emotional abuse

savvyrosereads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Rating: 3.5/5 stars

Once again, if you want to know what these books are about you’re going to need to find someone else to tell you, because I have no idea.

If you read my FLOCK review recently, you know that I had decidedly mixed feelings about that book, but decided to continue with the series. I’m glad I did, because I definitely liked EXODUS a lot more…but at the same time I still struggled with big chunks of it. Mostly, I felt like it made the first book feel almost obsolete in ways that didn’t really make sense, and once again the characters (ESPECIALLY Cecelia) drove me crazy with some of their poor decisionmaking.

That said, there were definitely some moments in here I really enjoyed and found charming/memorable. In short, after reading this I can say that I understand why this series has hooked some people the way it did! I’m not one of those people, but I have been entertained, and I will be finishing the series.

CW: gun violence/violence; blood/injury/death/murder; death of parent

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Violence

bookishspy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This hurt. Like, wow, I think I spent like half the book crying

I didn't expect that, honestly. I was having so much fun with the characters and the relationship blossoming and them bam... tears. 

Don't think a book has ever made me cry that much. My heart broke for her. 

I have to say, though, the toxicity of the people in this book is astounding to me, like they can't think for themselves at all for some reason? But overall, I can't say I didn't love this whole story

I was a little disappointed in the way it played out with Sean, and obviously, I'm sad about Dom.. but that ending was.. not enough grovelling tbh

Also, I don't think I want to read the last book. It seems unnecessary at this point? Maybe I will one day, but for now, I'm content leaving it here

➛ 𝟒 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Blood, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Terminal illness

chainsiren's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Stalking, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, Abandonment, Vomit, Bullying, Cursing, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

zc2's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

Listen the plot was good, great even but it put me in a 20 day reading slump simply because of how slow everything was. And once you read the main plot point 👀😭… all the timeline does is jump tremendously. Also it was just confusing to keep up with everything and who everyone was. Tobias really just crawled all over my nerves 🙄 like give me a break. I just wasn’t really entertained I guess. I much preferred the first book despite all the lingering secrets.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, and Vomit

bixmer613's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Minor: Cursing, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

kat1105's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug use, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Grief, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, and Blood

narayan's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

Fuckin hell.... FUCKIN HELL! 
I jumped into these series completely clueless, looking for romance and spice - and that's it. Boy, was I wrong. I did not expect this! 
This book got my heart into a fist and squeezed hard, to a point I stopped breathing and was completely obsessed (and still am). 
It was about damn time for the mc to grow up and become badass, but did it have to be this way? 
I love them all. 
I don't know what to expect from the next one, it better be fuckin therapeutic. 😂

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Murder, Stalking, and Violence

kyrstin_p1989's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Heart-breaking. I started this novel hating the protagonist but through the twist and turns of the story truly felt my love for her blossom. She grows up, so much, over the course of the book and that growth is realistic not contrived. The line that everyone on TikTok is devastated over doesn’t disappoint. This book was devastating on several levels but ended on a happy note. Excited to finish the series & get some closure for all the characters’ storylines. The one downside I noticed was some glaringly obvious misspellings that the editor missed but otherwise this book was so enjoyable to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Stalking, Violence, Vomit, Abandonment, Abortion, Cancer, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual violence

aalysad's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

I got two words for this book, daddy issues. BUT I absolutely loved it! This book broke me. I’m at a loss for words. I loved Cecelia with Dominic and Sean, but they had nothing on Tobias. This series is turning into a favorite no matter how toxic and sad. I feel like so much happened in this book. Also, audio was incredible 🤌🏻

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Physical abuse, Murder, Abortion, Blood, Death, Misogyny, War, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, and Violence