Reviews with content warning for Rape - Credence

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Credence by Penelope Douglas

263 reviews

danicorx's review against another edition

1.5

tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I genuinely don’t know how to feel. I almost DNF it but i wanted to give this book a chance. The book had its highs and lows but the main subject matter was hard for me to stomach at times. Don’t get me wrong i LOVE a good spicy romance, but a family spicy romance ? All of the characters have issues and i would highly recommend therapy. I didn’t hate this book, but i don’t think i would read it again.

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the_other_one_who_reads's review against another edition

2.0

dark fast-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

Writer needs to pick up a dictionary and understand the difference between rap and love

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ayeshacameron's review against another edition

0.25

This book was so fucked up. I need to take a shower with bleach.
Straight up incest and romanticised assault, rape and lack of women’s rights. There is no way I wouldn’t have finished it if it wasn’t for book club, when we just wanted an easy sexy read, little did we know it was gonna be do disgusting to read. Would give it a -10 if possible.

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rareid123's review against another edition

1.0

dark fast-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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sae3005's review against another edition

4.0

dark sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The ending made no sense to me. The whole plot just completely disappeared. The rest, is whatever. Typical to what I usually read.

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teamwombat's review against another edition

I genuinely don’t know how to rate this book. There’s grooming, incest, underage, multiple sexual assaults, threats of gang bangs and rape and that’s all in the opening chapters. The story then becomes an out of town/class girl trying to change a man who clearly should be in jail instead of getting therapy she actually needs.

I mean to say, it’s awful… but I read it. Probably shouldn’t have… but I read it. I read the whole thing and I wish I hadn’t.

The ending is a very convenient 5 years on happy ever after that frankly no one needed or buying.

It’s bad. It’s just bad.

There should just be plain old warnings for this, not just trigger ones.

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tmhughes's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional tense 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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dewls's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 67%

I just couldn't get over the MANY moral issues and felt like I needed to read the bible and go to church. I didn't buy the book but I still had buyer's remorse.
Book’s so bad I broke my rule of not DNFing a book. Just yikes.

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kbeck714's review against another edition

0.25

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book is a crime.

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klradford's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Wild ride for sure messed up family but it was a pretty great book. I am excited to read more from this author! Man the ending was exactly what I needed!

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