Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Credence by Penelope Douglas

21 reviews

corporealmystic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Misogyny, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Addiction, Animal death, Confinement, and Gaslighting

katierosecrane's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This book is highly suggested. I can see why the beginning is very intriguing, however I wasn't a fan of the last quarter of the book. The characters I have mixed feelings about. I will credit it with being different from regular hopeful "romance" books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Incest, Medical content, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, and Death of parent

goldensisyphus's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

Could not put this book down! I was absolutely enthralled the entire time. The writing is so well done and I really like that the storyline is unlike any that I've heard before.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Mental illness

Moderate: Medical content

zc2's review

dark funny lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The book was overall good. I fully expected her and Noah to get together and when they didn’t I was a little sad. Kalebs character was good don’t get me wrong but I do feel as though some of his actions were uncalled for and ruthless. As far as Jake goes man….. he’s a dilf for sure but like sir that’s your niece. Not to mention Noah was there pretty much every time teiranan would ya know and she was just like yea no i don’t like you. Anyway the more trigger warnings the better I guess. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Rape, Cancer, Child abuse, Abandonment, Blood, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Sexual harassment, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Medical content, and Adult/minor relationship

its_van_vulpen's review

challenging dark emotional medium-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexual content, Stalking, Violence, Incest, Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Terminal illness, Blood, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

britrcup's review

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

This book is dark. It's  taboo. It's spicy. It was like watching a car crash, I wanted so badly to look away but I couldn't. I enjoyed the endgame but I do think a lot of the dark/taboo parts of the book could have been cut out. The complex trauma is written really well and overall the plot is okay. If you are a fan of dark (and I mean really dark) romances and can look past the content warnings the romance might be worth it for you. This is not a book for you if you are looking for fluff.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Violence, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Cancer

ninaru's review against another edition

lighthearted 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

1.5

I did it to myself, didn't I... It's like a car accident; you don't want to look at it, yet, for some reason, you just can't stop turning your head to look back. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Incest, Medical content, and Grief

sdemo08's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

Whew. This book was an insane roller-coaster and I loved every second. We get to see the FMC find herself and her uncle and cousins come along for the ride. At no point was I sure how this was going to end or even how I wanted it to wrap up but I really enjoyed the process and HEA.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Suicide

finnickdeservedbetter's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Misogyny

Moderate: Blood, Confinement, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Violence, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

Minor: Abandonment, Child abuse, Animal death, Death of parent, Cancer, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Terminal illness

Yeah, I'll be honest...the LI is

an abusive rapist

who's unlikable in ever single way. "He

raped

you? Well boo hoo, his mommy didn't love him enough." I like dark and sometimes taboo romance but not the glamorization and romanticization of SA and domestic abuse. This honestly should have just been a dnf but I wanted to give it a full review with a star rating. The .5 is honestly just for the cabin and horses at this point. I was recommended Birthday Girl and this by a friend (I know you're reading this Kenzie) and liked BG a lot so I thought I would like this too. No. Just no. It wasn't even the

full on incest

that bothered me. The problem was the gigantic bag of skid marked gym socks called "Kaleb". He can chew rocks.

escapism_at_its_finest's review against another edition

reflective 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Blood, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape, Fire/Fire injury, and Pregnancy