Reviews with content warning for Physical abuse - Credence

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Credence by Penelope Douglas

122 reviews

darcys_vega's review against another edition

1.25

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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: Complicated

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beckys_bookcase's review against another edition

1.5

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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whatkatyread87's review against another edition

3.75

emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

In my opinion, the step-family taboo was totally unnecessary. This is a great story where things move forward and progress in a way that makes sense. But the taboo didn’t even really add anything to the story?

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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

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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aprilyang1's review against another edition

3.0

dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

What was that?! I went into this book loosely knowing what it was about, and let me just say—I was notprepared. That’s not to say I didn’t have a good time, but… goodness gracious! This entire book was one gigantic red flag 🚩 after another. I don’t even know how to process it. I’m in shock.

Let me just start by saying: I didn’t fully like any of these characters. If I could pick and choose pieces of their personalities and delete the rest, sure, maybe. But as they are? I dunnoooo… And I mean honestly, the whole town needs help lol. Noah? I thought he was going to be a cute, lovable, golden-retriever-type guy, but he was so aggressive anytime he didn’t get his way. And speaking of aggressive… HELLO? Kaleb? SIR?? We listen and we tell the judge 👨‍⚖️. Lowkey, I started skipping scenes with him until close to the end because he was just so unessecarily aggressive, which might explain why I was so confused about the final choice 😅. And Uncle Jake? Yeah, he’s just… Uncle Jake. He’s got issues. We know this 🙂‍↕️. Tiernan… I can’t decide if you’re the luckiest girl or the most unluckiest girl lol.

Anywho, I could go on forever about all the things that left me spiraling, but in conclusion: I read it. I saw it. I experienced it. I am forever traumatized. But somehow? I had lots of fun!

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thebeyhiver901's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark tense medium-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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tiasolita's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging emotional 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: Yes

First, key me say this book was good. The writting was excellent, the spice levels great, the conflicts believable. The she of the female protagonist was fine. I mean I've never met an tighten year old that mature but for the story it was fine. The only downside for me was the ending. I wanted a completely different ending. Even though the ending made sense and was more true to real life I would have preferred more fantasy. But that's just me and it didn't detract from the quality of the book. It's a bit of a wild ride but still very enjoyable. Make sure you take the trigger warnings serious, though, because there's A LOT of real life triggering subject matter.

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berriedinbooks's review against another edition

0.75

challenging 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

toto, i don't think we're in kansas anymore

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hurkueles's review against another edition

2.0

dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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kmmiller0317's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 35%

This is incest, pure and simple. There’s grooming, SA, and relations with a minor and an adult. Booktok did me so wrong on this one, I’ve learned to research books more before going in blind. Absolutely disgusting.

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