Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Credence by Penelope Douglas

338 reviews

underscoresyd's review against another edition

2.25

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment

Minor: Pregnancy

savercoolb's review against another edition

2.0

dark slow-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Death of parent

Minor: Abandonment

peachykck's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol

stoppit87's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Incest, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment

Moderate: Sexual violence, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use

mrsduderston's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Death of parent

amandajoffe's review against another edition

2.0

dark emotional tense 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Alcohol

ttnnllrr's review against another edition

2.0

dark emotional sad medium-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

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Nearly DNF’ed it, but pushed through to the end. As much as Tiernan annoyed me with having the same monologue a thousand times, she was also just some abandoned and vulnerable little girl being taken advantage of, so I don’t know how I feel about her. I didn’t like any of the other characters except Mirai and at times Noah. I especially disliked Kaleb

(yes, you were horrifically abused, that doesn’t excuse your actions…)

, and didn’t love the ending because of it.

It felt like we were romanticizing a relationship that absolutely should not be romanticized, and not even just because he’s her cousin.

Honestly, I knew going in that it wasn’t really my type of book, but hey, it’s fun to read about some toxic chaos sometimes… In that regard, I got exactly what I was looking for. 

I will also say I loved the description of the setting. As much as I wouldn’t want to be stuck on that mountain with those specific characters, I would kill to live in a place like that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Sexual content, Toxic relationship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death of parent

zyvl787's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 30%

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Couldn’t get past the theme of the book and the way it depicts romance

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abandonment

jengy_reads's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment

Minor: Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail

ashleys_endless_tbrlist's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense 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: Complicated

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Check your trigger warnings ⚠️

Now let me preface this with I am aware people either love this book or strongly dislike this book, especially due to the trope/subject matter. 

Is there age gap? Yep.
Taboo romance? Yep.
Why choose? Yep.
Smutty smut smut? Yep. 

However, I absolutely devoured this book and could not put it down. The age gap, the two for one special of the step cousins, the going back and forth between the step uncle and the step cousins… can be a lot to process 😅

But they are STEP, never met one another ever, and are NOT blood related. So with that being said I felt comfortable enjoying this book completely. 😍😅 

Highly recommend 👏

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Cancer, Cursing, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy