Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Credence by Penelope Douglas

55 reviews

travknutz's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Super sexy, page turner, moves fast, very taboo, happy ending, character development 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Incest, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

bookworm159's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

3.5/5 🌶️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent, Bullying, and Abandonment

Minor: Medical content, Addiction, and Suicidal thoughts

ali_sun's review against another edition

challenging emotional

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Grief, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, and Abandonment

cheeserue's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

"One phone call, a coach seat, and four states later, it finally occurs to me . . . I don’t know these people."

I have mixed feelings about this one. it was entertaining enough to pull me in and want to finish reading, but also the characters made me want to scream.

Tiernan is a meekly little thing who's never felt the love of her parents, not because they weren't there, but because they are too far up each other's asses to care about the fact that they chose to have a child. this causes her to not develop a personality or any self survival skills. she ships herself off to her "uncle" whom she's never met and barely heard of.

the boys are a combination of a 40somthing year old 'step' uncle who fucks the 25 y/o  neighborhood skanks, a who psychopathic mute who immediately tried to rape her upon meeting, and Noah who I kinda liked.

I will never understand why she chose keleb, they barely spend time together and when they are in the same room he has the most red flags out of all of them. you could play a drinking game with all the shitty things he does to her; but for some reason she forgives every little thing he's done the second she finds those books.

I'll give it to Penelope, she did have me feeling a bit for him while I was reading those 'journal' entries, however his trauma and inability to speak does not cancel out how toxic he was the whole book.

that threesome scene had me sweating like a sinner in church. 

don't even get me started with the ending. automatic loss of star for pregnancy trope, not all stories need to end in a marriage and kids.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Bullying, Rape, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

geh91's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Ableism, Cancer, Cursing, Abandonment, Incest, Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Violence

alannahsh's review against another edition

dark emotional tense

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Suicide

chaptermaggot's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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

1.0

TLDR: Sheltered, almost-18 year old woman, newly orphaned by neglectful parents, must move in with estranged "Step Uncle" and his 2 sons. Grooming, cringe, verbal abuse, SA, ick and all other flavors of unseemly circumstances ensue. Young woman, ultimately failed by every adult in her life, almost ends up ok but in the end, understandably based on circumstances, chooses poorly for herself after all. The end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent, Suicide, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

Minor: Confinement and Fire/Fire injury

gigi43's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Incest, Death of parent, Rape, and Suicide

whitneyy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Mild spoiler

The only good part was the end

Teirnan i hate her with a seething passion

But hey kaleb talks now

Jakes hot and kaleb too i wanted em both for myself buthey what am i supposed to do they arent real

Weirdass book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Death of parent, and Rape

Moderate: Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, Sexual content, Blood, Bullying, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Stalking

wickeddelights's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

You know when you can't look away from something that had you quite literally covering your mouth? That feeling is my whole review. I just sat there going "Oh, no." *turn page* OH NO! 😱

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Incest, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Bullying, Cursing, Grief, Gaslighting, and Mental illness