Reviews tagging 'Death'

Credence by Penelope Douglas

69 reviews

uwuval's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide, Death, and Death of parent

maeflowerreads's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest

Moderate: Suicide, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Drug use and Drug abuse

mariamlyxoxo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad slow-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Grief, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Incest, Physical abuse, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

min1234's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Suicide

amulyaii's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Rape, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

escapism_at_its_finest's review against another edition

reflective 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Blood, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape, Fire/Fire injury, and Pregnancy

whrohala's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

To be honest, I was disappointed by this book. It was really hyped up by booktok, but then didn't deliver on its promise. #1 offense: not actually reverse harem in my opinion. Just a FMC with multiple partners, who is brutally shamed for that fact by 2 out of 3 of them. There were some moments where the shaming was so over the top, and the FMC just accepted it, that I felt like this book was more of a way for the author to express their internalized slut-shaming more than anything else. 

The female MC ends up with the man who nearly rapes her TWICE, hits her across the face for being "hysterical" while getting stitches in a kitchen with no pain meds or anesthetic, and attacts and spits in her face when she sleeps with someone other than him, in addition to many other things. In my opinion, that speaks volumes to how this author views her female characters.

Only reason it isn't getting a 1 is because the quality of writing was good overall, despite what the plot lacked. And it delivered on the spice, though more of a slow burn than advertised. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Misogyny, Mental illness, Grief, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Child abuse, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Drug use, Incest, Infidelity, and Sexual assault

aphroditespoet's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest and Sexual content

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Minor: Blood and Injury/Injury detail

monica_r_a_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest

Minor: Animal death, Blood, Death, and Death of parent

lizardbet's review against another edition

fast-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? It's complicated

1.5

oh god oh no oh my oh god 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Alcohol, Child abuse, Ableism, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Addiction, Stalking, Terminal illness, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Vomit