Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Credence by Penelope Douglas

140 reviews

pipirmetes's review against another edition

dark fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

annadelreads's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

0.5

“Avoiding the bad means you risk avoiding the good, too, and I’d rather be hurt than never not feel this.”

This is it. I think I’m done with anything incest-related stories. There’s too many trigger warnings for this book. I should have checked it first before buying the audiobook. Why don’t I ever DNF books? I was already so done with this story just a third done. I could have but didn’t and that’s on me already. 

This book has so many red flags, I don’t know why it has its mid-rating, where in fact, it should have been rated much less. I’ve read some of the 5 stars review of this book and I still can’t understand where they were coming from. Every chapter or major event, I question what the fuck has been happening and more and more I’m just being confused. As soon as I’ve felt the lead having an inkling towards her own uncle, I wanted to stop so badly. How I still finished this book is beyond me and I’ll forever question this decision all my life. If I can unread one book, this might be it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Minor: Gun violence

rosamaria's review against another edition

dark 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

1.5

I hated everything about this book, yet I still read all 470 pages.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Misogyny, and Sexism

kitcat_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Medical content, Grief, and Medical trauma

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Injury/Injury detail

themianeal's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

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

avery_29'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

kupomog's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny inspiring relaxing 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? It's complicated

5.0

 My first five Star of the year. Brilliant amazing gut-wrenching. A lovely ride.  

I understand a lot of people shy away from this book due to it's semi taboo subject matter but I'm so glad that didn't bother me. 

The characters are vibrant and unique. The story is well planned and so comfortable to fall in to. I read this book in a single day because it sucked me in so fully. I didn't want to put it down. The scene setting is vivid and vibrant, the story is relatable to a degree. There are some heavy topics but there is also a large dose of humor on an adult level and I appreciated that so much. I found myself laughing out loud and talking to no one in particular when certain things happened. By the end of the book I was crying for multiple reasons. 

It was, from start to finish, a journey that you find yourself captivated by. I don't know why I'm surprised I loved Punk 57 and Penelope delivers even better in this book. If I ever start to do rereads (because I don't typically), I will pick up this book. I could see myself enjoying the ride again and again. If you can handle the content, read. this. book. I would definitely give it four out of five chili peppers for spice if that's not your thing then I wouldn't recommend it. Again though, absolutely five stars. Period.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Incest, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

katiekaiser's review against another edition

1.0

Horrible. Don’t read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

vmrich97's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment