Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Credence by Penelope Douglas

77 reviews

spookyandcozy's review against another edition

dark 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Violence, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Incest, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Abandonment, Addiction, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, and Toxic relationship

sarahtxdd's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Incest, Violence, Rape, and Physical abuse

minnielikesbooks's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.5

Content warnings galore. This is taboo, extremely graphic. Might as well be an abuse 101 instruction manual. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Ableism, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Physical abuse, Misogyny, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Suicide and Child abuse

michey2015's review against another edition

adventurous reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

This one was heavy. But I LOVED every second of it. I don’t think there was a time during the 470 pages that I thought parts could be removed. I felt a lot of feelings in this book. Will definitely be a reread!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Animal death, Bullying, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

booksalacarte's review against another edition

dark sad tense 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

1.0

Credence- 1⭐️ 5🌶️

Contemporary Romance

Taboo Romance

Multi POV 

Small town

Polyamorous FMC

Tw: suicide, parental death, SA, Rape, emotional abuse, physical abuse, pedophilia, predatory behavior, grooming a minor

The start of this book is interesting. A 17yo, raised by her parent’s assistant, looses her narcissist parents to suicide and goes to live with her step uncle in the middle of nowhere… but then the FMC turns 18 and things take a turn that I knew was coming, but by the end I felt like I was reading a train wreck I wanted to just finish and be done with. I think the setting was the only thing I enjoyed about the story. The rest just was a giant red flag. I think I kept reading because I was interested in how the situation could be sustainable enough to be considered a happily ever after.

This… was not the book for me. I don’t enjoy reading about the romantic couples abusing each other. I don’t consider that romance.

All of the characters were sad and depressing. There wasn’t a single person in this book that knew what joy or contentment looked like. Every single person in this book needed interventional therapy. The men were all misogynistic and gross. And once they had their “turn” they basically disappear from the plot . How? What? 

The POV shifts were fine, but the 1 POV from the MMC (who is barely in the book other than SA/R scenes) was written to make his internal monologue sound like an absolute psychopath. 

 This was definitely a “taboo romance”. Although there was not really anything romantic about it. The girl sleeps with her step-uncle and step-cousins, who are supposed to be alpha males, but didn’t get possessive when it came to their own family. Nope. The spice was very disjointed and flipped on and off like a switch. It read more like Stockholm syndrome. The only character that showed her any type of romance was her pedophile step-uncle. 

As if it could get any worse, it was over written. There is more than enough plot with the step-family…. Absolutely no other plot tools were needed to add to the drama. 

Thank you NetGalley and Berkeley Publishing Group for the Advanced eReader Copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Rape, Sexual content, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Grief, and Physical abuse

katharina90's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

1.0

Awful, problematic, big pick-me energy.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Abandonment, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Addiction and Gun violence

Minor: Cancer

sldibened's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.25

I saw a review that said “wtf is this book?” And I could not agree more. This book was OFF. Really distasteful writing and plot. I’m by no means someone who gets offended or believes in political correctness, but a female referring to her own genitalia as the “c-word”, is tasteless and just not for me. On top of that, the plot  doesn’t kick off until the mid 200 pages. Definitely read the content warnings on this one and good luck lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Pedophilia, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Abandonment, Bullying, Cursing, Grief, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Rape, Sexual content, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Incest, and Infidelity

laurakwiecinski's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Incest, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

Minor: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Addiction

meat_muffin's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Sexual content, Abandonment, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, and Medical content

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal death, Gore, Grief, Pregnancy, Blood, and Bullying

Minor: Cancer

s3vn's review against another edition

dark 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

3.25

Well.. if ignoring the sexism, gaslighting, predatory behaviour,  toxic possessiveness, non-consent and the fact that the main character is 17-18… it was okay. i liked the main character, but the guys were a bunch of toxic assholes tbh. Still, the writing and plot was quite alright. I even cried at one point.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Bullying, Death of parent, Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Cancer, Terminal illness, and Drug abuse