Reviews tagging 'Death'

Credence by Penelope Douglas

106 reviews

allisonbraun's review against another edition

2.5

dark tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Incest, Misogyny, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment

hannahhagedorn's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense 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

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So clearly there is something wrong with me but that’s for my therapist to dissect. This book has been on my tbr for years and I was so scared of it cause everyone said it was really bad and filled with incest. In legality terms maybe, in blood terms… no. Yes there’s some pretty taboo themes and questionable choices at times but I think we all need to remember that this isn’t reality. We are stepping into another world where things may not be as black and white as the pages of the book. This book is set up really well and as with most of this author’s works it has substance (as opposed to what all those one stat reviewers say). There is a plot and it’s actually pretty heartbreaking most of the time. I think the people reviewing low either bypass the trigger warnings or think they can handle more than they actually can. I liked the relationships Tiernan formed with Jake, Noah, and Kaleb. I think each of them had such distinct personalities that it almost felt like reading multiple books at once with one overarching plot. Almost like Devil’s Night but with the same fmc of course. I was in such a reading slump the past few weeks but I read this book super fast, and when I wasn’t reading I was thinking about what was gonna happen next. I don’t recommend reading before you’ve read the trigger warnings, I didn’t read them but I also haven’t been triggered by a book in the past and I’ve read much worse than this. Again that’s a problem for my therapist that I will not likely address. All the love, always <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

sophieseltz's review against another edition

2.5

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

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“Uncle Jake” gives me the ick… Noah and Kaleb are great

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Sexual harassment

darcys_vega's review against another edition

1.25

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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment

itssable's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol

leilychee's review against another edition

2.5

dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I wish I would have picked a different book to start off the year but unfortunately I went into this book without knowing anything about it.

I couldn’t fully understand why the love interest was both her cousins and uncle (they’re not related by blood) but it’s definitely still weird because they refer to each other as such. I think that was my biggest problem with the book and some may say it’s because it’s a forbidden romance but why is she 17 for most of the book?? Her first sexual encounter happened before she was 18 and with her uncle that is twice her age. I fully understand that this book (hopefully) was written to explain and show how people deal with grief differently and seek unhealthy ways to cope. However I did not like that each of the male interest were preying upon the fmc. It was weird and I hated the dual perspectives, I didn’t need to know what was going through any of their heads. But at least the in uncle knew what he was doing was really wrong (didn’t stop him) overall did not like this book, but I wish there could have been more with the plot surrounding grief and self discovery because it was the most interesting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Death of parent

becoming_shelf_aware's review against another edition

2.5

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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They really didn't have to be related, and the author really didn't have to keep reminding me.

After reading this book I am going to make my new years resolution to read the synopsis of each book before I read it - because I went in blind on this one and was just not prepared. 

I was definitely entertained before getting 50% of the way through the book, but pretty much as soon as you hit the half way point everything is (to put it delicately) intimate and weird. 

To be honest, I skimmed the spicy parts because they didn't make much sense, and the random "uncle Jake's" grossed me out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Grief, Death of parent, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Animal death, Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Suicide, Terminal illness, Pregnancy

bedwellbooks's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

ladypherret's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

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🌶️🌶️🌶️/5
👹👹👹👹/5 taboo 

Holy wow. What a rollercoaster of emotions
 Started out slow but picked up. Just be prepared to be uncomfortable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Confinement, Incest, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Abandonment

kmmiller0317's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 35%

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This is incest, pure and simple. There’s grooming, SA, and relations with a minor and an adult. Booktok did me so wrong on this one, I’ve learned to research books more before going in blind. Absolutely disgusting. 

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Content Warnings

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