Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Credence by Penelope Douglas

61 reviews

itssable's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol

becoming_shelf_aware's review against another edition

2.5

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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They really didn't have to be related, and the author really didn't have to keep reminding me.

After reading this book I am going to make my new years resolution to read the synopsis of each book before I read it - because I went in blind on this one and was just not prepared. 

I was definitely entertained before getting 50% of the way through the book, but pretty much as soon as you hit the half way point everything is (to put it delicately) intimate and weird. 

To be honest, I skimmed the spicy parts because they didn't make much sense, and the random "uncle Jake's" grossed me out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Grief, Death of parent, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Animal death, Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Suicide, Terminal illness, Pregnancy

bedwellbooks's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

iida_a's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

Moderate: Cancer, Suicide, Terminal illness

ga_bby4's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Medical content, Death of parent, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Incest, Sexual assault, Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use

bethann_coleates's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Abandonment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

emmieb98's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

kell_yeah_reads's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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no comment. read the content warnings.

per my spreadsheet:
spice 🌶  - a 5 🌶  spicy (romance.io scale)
length - just right
reading speed - read in 7 days
did it make me cry? - that was the least of my worries.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Sexual assault, Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse, Suicide, Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Pregnancy

readingrobin09's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 7%

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🚫🚫🚫 age gap romance with step-uncle and cousins, she’s a MINOR, near r🚫pe scene 3 chapters in. No thanks DNF

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Suicide, Death of parent

vbarker91's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content

Moderate: Animal death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Pregnancy, Gaslighting