Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Credence by Penelope Douglas

181 reviews

oriana095's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Blood, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

eoderkirk's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

What a unique storyline. I feel weird saying I really enjoyed it lol I feel like I should be more weirded out than I am but oh well! I was hooked! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Incest, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Alcohol

caitlinreads123's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.0

wtf was that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

cabnix's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-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? No

4.75

I would rate this book 5 stars because I finished it in two days but I just wish she ended up with

Noah

. I absolutely loved him and he was my favorite. So sad there was only one scene with him, he is absolutely amazing. But anyways, this book was wonderful! People will probably be weirded out by the fact that it is step-family relationship but once you get past it, this book is riveting. I could not put this book down and it was the first book the genuinely had my toes CURLING HAHAHAH. I just wished Tiernan ended up with

Noah

.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Incest, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction

karemballesteros's review

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

This is straight up porn.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Violence

eleek0609's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer and Vomit

sienna_jo511's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Violence

igroswell's review

adventurous dark tense 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

2.0

I was attracted to the story, and the tension was delicious between Tiernan and Jake. Even all smut scenes were well done and enjoyable. However, the main character “falling in love” with Kaleb who essentially raped her and treated her horribly made no sense. Jake and Noah would’ve been better partners as they actually treated her like a person. She had disdain for Kaleb, her all of the sudden being in love with him was so out of left field I couldn’t believe what I was reading. She loved and had feelings for all three, but then completely does a 180 out of nowhere, and basically overnight loses all feelings for the two “unchosen” guys, which makes no sense because the entire first half of the book does nothing but build up the anticipation for her relationships with each of them respectively. It felt off and was not seamless, and very out of character. For that reason, only the spicy scenes were even worth the read, and the ending ultimately ruined it for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Violence

sjbookslut's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Violence and Alcohol

tinyshiber's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional lighthearted tense fast-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

3.25

Once again Penelope Douglas showing me that when I think she writes something fucked up, she shuts me up and writes something even more.
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After a tragic accident Tiernan is orphaned, being in the hands of his uncle, who lives in a town far from the city and his house even further into the forest, he has two sons who do not seem to accept the idea of having a girl at home, because whatever happens, winter will come and they will have to be locked for months the four of them at home. What will happen if Tiernan becomes even more involved in the lives of these men?
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Once again I fell for the BookTok recommendations, the first Red flag I should have seen is that it is written by an author who loves to write about scandalous topics, but I was with the idea that the girl falls in love with a mute guy and well, a broken guy fell in love with a broken girl, is one of my favorite tropes, but lol what I didn't know is that before that, she would go through each of the family members, like we get it you have daddy issues, but your uncle? And her only excuse is that they are not blood brothers, ahhhh thank goodness, I feel even better, I don't know why I finished this book, there were many smuty scenes but so shaddy, I was a little uncomfortable that the girl just turned 18 and everyone wants to steal her little flower, like, and in the end they are all happy, what's wrong with them, they are like animals and nobody thinks it's weird?, the only thing I can say is that it was entertaining? Or at least I think so, with everything that happened I had no time to think it was boring.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Death of parent