Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Credence by Penelope Douglas

54 reviews

kataylorgang's review against another edition

Romance book club picked this out so I kinda knew what I was getting into but 40+ y/o male sleeping with 18 year old step daughter that he took in WHILE SHE WAS STILL UNDERAGE...then HER CALLING HIM UNCLE DURING SEX
...read the remaining spoilers on goodreads and decided to not even waste my time. returned to KU immediately 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicide, Pedophilia, Bullying, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, and Adult/minor relationship

caitlinmetselaar's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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

1.5

While I have to admit that I think this book is super entertainting, I do have to say that I also believed that the fact that she slept with her (not-biological) uncle and two cousins and then ended up marrying/having kids with one cousin, who she also had a very toxic relationship with because he literally assaulted and bullied her? Dnf'd this book the last time I tried to read it and decided I would push through this time, just to see what happened. Don't really know whether I'm still happy with that decision lol. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Incest, Death of parent, Sexual content, Grief, and Pregnancy

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

booknerdcoco's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense 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

3.0

Quite a challenging read.  Not so much because of the step family vibe, but more because of a young lady who was quite impressionable and ending up in the situation she was in. Very sad beginning. But the ending was quite sweet.  Don't get what everyone sees in Uncle Jake, I was rooting for Noah.

Book boyfriend:
Jake 2/5
Noah 4/5
Caleb 3/5

Spice: 5/5 🥵 
Plot: 3/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual content, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, and Child abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Animal death, and Death of parent

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Pregnancy, Bullying, Medical trauma, and Blood

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

lizvalenz92's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

Read this with an open mind and the underlying theme of trying to find oneself in life and in the world. It's very well written and some might think taboo even though there is no blood relation between the main characters and the age gap. Overall, emotional and engaging book for anyone looking for a challenge.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual content, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Bullying, Suicide, Violence, and Animal death

kitcatavo's review

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying and Stalking

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

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