Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Credence by Penelope Douglas

74 reviews

_youfloweryoufeast_'s review against another edition

slow-paced

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

1.0

1 ⭐️ 


Genre: Adult Romance 
Age group : Adult 
POV : First person / multiple POV
Characters: 1/5 ⭐️ 
Plot: 1/5 ⭐️ 
Setting/Themes: 1.5/5 ⭐️ 
Writing: 2/5 ⭐️
Spice : ➖

• Please check TWs & CWs 
• mature language, sexual scenes, sexual harassment, death, substance abuse, violence, neglectful parents, suicidal idealism, PTSD, wildlife hunting, sexual assault  
• HEA

Four words. 

What in the clusterfuck. This is so wrong 🤧

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Suicide

michellecalderon's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

“She needs a lot, and all of them are things you can’t buy. She needs to laugh and get drunk. She needs to be tickled and cuddled and carried and teased. I don’t want to see her cry, but if she does, I want her to know there’s comfort.
She has a home.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual content

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Suicide attempt

theredheadthatreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.0

I was very weary about this book at first because I come from a family where not everyone is blood related but that doesn’t make them any less family but i powered through because i love Penelope Douglas. It was a good book the ending made me cry (happy tears of course), I probably wont read again because of the family thing but besides that the writing, the character development and everything else was great 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

alli_the_bookaholic13's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

finnickdeservedbetter's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Confinement, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Child abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Yeah, I'll be honest...the LI is

an abusive rapist

who's unlikable in ever single way. "He

raped

you? Well boo hoo, his mommy didn't love him enough." I like dark and sometimes taboo romance but not the glamorization and romanticization of SA and domestic abuse. This honestly should have just been a dnf but I wanted to give it a full review with a star rating. The .5 is honestly just for the cabin and horses at this point. I was recommended Birthday Girl and this by a friend (I know you're reading this Kenzie) and liked BG a lot so I thought I would like this too. No. Just no. It wasn't even the

full on incest

that bothered me. The problem was the gigantic bag of skid marked gym socks called "Kaleb". He can chew rocks.

book_lover56's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Abandonment

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Suicide attempt

giannareadsromance's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

incredible book. a must read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Suicide attempt

madifa's review against another edition

dark medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

escapism_at_its_finest's review against another edition

reflective 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

whrohala's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

To be honest, I was disappointed by this book. It was really hyped up by booktok, but then didn't deliver on its promise. #1 offense: not actually reverse harem in my opinion. Just a FMC with multiple partners, who is brutally shamed for that fact by 2 out of 3 of them. There were some moments where the shaming was so over the top, and the FMC just accepted it, that I felt like this book was more of a way for the author to express their internalized slut-shaming more than anything else. 

The female MC ends up with the man who nearly rapes her TWICE, hits her across the face for being "hysterical" while getting stitches in a kitchen with no pain meds or anesthetic, and attacts and spits in her face when she sleeps with someone other than him, in addition to many other things. In my opinion, that speaks volumes to how this author views her female characters.

Only reason it isn't getting a 1 is because the quality of writing was good overall, despite what the plot lacked. And it delivered on the spice, though more of a slow burn than advertised. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Drug use, Incest, Infidelity, and Sexual assault