Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Credence by Penelope Douglas

96 reviews

sarrareadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.5

I'm not sure if the last 20% of the book was needed, but I guess some loose storylines needed to be tied up.

Overall, it was alright. Some scenes made me uncomfortable, but I guess that's the point.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Suicide, Death of parent, and Sexual assault

brittanylee0302's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.75

 This book was WOW & not like a good wow & also not really cause of the taboo~ The whole first 45% of the book I could have done without, I felt like it was worthless to the story. For all the hype this book gets for its spice, I'm not sure why it gets that hype. Spice is like 2.5/5 BUT the last 20% of this book was soooooooooooooooooooo good. Like this book had such potential and it literally just rolled itself right off Chapel Peak iykyk 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Sexual content

Moderate: Violence and Suicide attempt

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Terminal illness, and Animal death

britrcup'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

This book is dark. It's  taboo. It's spicy. It was like watching a car crash, I wanted so badly to look away but I couldn't. I enjoyed the endgame but I do think a lot of the dark/taboo parts of the book could have been cut out. The complex trauma is written really well and overall the plot is okay. If you are a fan of dark (and I mean really dark) romances and can look past the content warnings the romance might be worth it for you. This is not a book for you if you are looking for fluff.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Violence, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Cancer

hunkydory's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Animal death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Domestic abuse

alireads's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Incest, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Bullying, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt

brookey8888's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed this book! It would have been a five star except for a few reasons. Which are slight spoilers. 
Reason 1 I didn’t really like Jake. I don’t like age Gap romances and I can usually ignore it, but not in this one. I liked him better when it wasn’t a sexual relationship honestly.
Reason 2 who she loves didn’t really make sense to me. Like it makes sense, but the “love” part came out of nowhere to me. They had like 5 good interactions.
Reason 3 I felt bad for Noah. He was just so sweet and my favorite.
Reason 4 I thought it was fine who she ended up with, but I feel like it should have been like a poly relationship.
Other then these things it was really good and entertaining. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Acephobia/Arophobia, Emotional abuse, Incest, Abandonment, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Confinement, Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, and Sexual harassment

imkedogger's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Sexual content

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Suicide, and Sexual violence

Minor: Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Animal death

_youfloweryoufeast_'s review against another edition

slow-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? No

1.0

1 ⭐️ 


Genre: Adult Romance 
Age group : Adult 
POV : First person / multiple POV
Characters: 1/5 ⭐️ 
Plot: 1/5 ⭐️ 
Setting/Themes: 1.5/5 ⭐️ 
Writing: 2/5 ⭐️
Spice : ➖

• Please check TWs & CWs 
• mature language, sexual scenes, sexual harassment, death, substance abuse, violence, neglectful parents, suicidal idealism, PTSD, wildlife hunting, sexual assault  
• HEA

Four words. 

What in the clusterfuck. This is so wrong 🤧

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Cursing

Moderate: Violence, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Suicide

stephs1531's review against another edition

emotional tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.0

I don't know what exactly I just read... it was good, but I didn't want it to be... and the ending annoyed me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death of parent, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

peppyb'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? Yes

3.0

🤡 the tomfoolery from these characters 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Pedophilia