Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Credence by Penelope Douglas

55 reviews

luv_reading90's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book is not for everyone. I chose this book because of the warning that was given in the beginning. I read this book faster than any book I have ever read. I will read this book again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, and Child abuse

Moderate: Mental illness, Violence, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

clindsey73's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Animal death, Grief, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Cursing, Mental illness, Abandonment, Blood, Confinement, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

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

amberlynnnnn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Mental illness, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Torture, and Toxic relationship

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

rshelton's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Alcohol, Mental illness, Death of parent, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Suicide

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

joclousing's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, and Death of parent

Moderate: Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy

carleymorgen26's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Cursing, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Blood, and Grief

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