Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Credence by Penelope Douglas

84 reviews

miss_anonymous's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 39%

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Honestly, I didn’t think I’d get that far, and I wish I didn’t. I’m not even sympathetic to tiernan….i blame her. Her parents die and she has no reaction, but when she sees her uncle or step-cousins, she full on changes her personality and mood. Penelope should get jail time for even thinking about this. I think she may have something for someone in her family…. Anyway, whatever money she got from writing this book should atleast be enough for a therapist(both me and her), if none of us get funded, I would personally pay for hers. I pray everyday for Penelope and you should too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment

destinynichole11's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Only giving it a 4 star because I pictured them as not family. That was nasty and a no thank you. However the story line outside of that was decent.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

swalbert's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Death of parent

maejen_'s review against another edition

3.25

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Death of parent

charmandareads's review against another edition

0.25

dark 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

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This is a book about underage child grooming and pedophilia. If you liked this book for the romance, you belong on a watch list. Dark romance and taboo is okay, child grooming is never okay. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape

kelinickole's review against another edition

1.5

dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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First of all- what the fuck was that

Second of all- I would just like to know why Tiernan started out as 17 when she could have been 18/19 from the start and just gone to the mountain to get away from the tabloids/paparazzi. The step family taboo would still be there without grooming a minor. It would have made the book 10x less awful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child abuse, Death of parent

haleydeppert's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark 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

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This is a hard book to review. This book has been all the rage on BookTok right now, so I wanted to give it a try. It definitely pushed my boundaries of comfortability. Although I did thoroughly enjoy the writing of the spicy scenes, it remained hard to get past the familial relations in this book. I did not feel much romance or true love at all—more possessiveness, jealousy, and abuse—but as a book should, it kept me entertained. Three stars because it kept my attention and my eyes were glued to the page. However, character development fell extremely flat and storylines felt quite rushed. Not to mention the familial relations… weird.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment

annabelleg's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was something to say the least, I did enjoy it a little but the long chapters and the general relationship made it kinda hard to get through at points. It’s the longest it’s taken me to read something in a long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment

hughestm's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 3%

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I couldn't finish this book...at all. I read ahead (yes, I'm that person) and I can't really stomach this kind of smut. This is some male fantasy bullshit, I can't see that women are really into being sexually assaulted...I guess there may be some who think this is all they're worth, but I can't imagine there are enough. I like smut, but this is just straight up porn shit. It's gross.

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Content Warnings

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

shellbycox's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting