Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Credence by Penelope Douglas

37 reviews

sbordo's review

adventurous challenging dark 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual violence, and Sexual content

Minor: Abandonment, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Alcohol, and Violence

geh91's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Ableism, Cancer, Cursing, Abandonment, Incest, Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Violence

jcoates's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.5

This was an uncomfortable read and so many plot points are messed up.

The men in this long-lost extended family often regard her as a daughterly/ sisterly figure, but she has sexual worth all of them.

 

I get that it’s a dark-themed romance but the kissing-cousins vibe isn’t my idea of a sexy time.  

That said, it was so over the top that I was curious enough to binge the audiobook in two days. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Confinement, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, and Alcoholism

Minor: Rape and Cancer

superiorwizard's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, and Death

auntieash_'s review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Animal death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

Minor: Cancer and Gore

britainmic's review against another edition

dark sad tense

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Incest, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual content

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Blood, Cancer, Drug abuse, and Child abuse

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, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Violence, Incest, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Gaslighting

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

Minor: Sexism, Misogyny, and Cancer

sierrah's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Adult/minor relationship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Child abuse, Incest, and Rape

Minor: Suicide, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Cancer, and Suicide attempt

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