Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Credence by Penelope Douglas

40 reviews

haleydeppert's review

challenging dark 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

3.0

This is a hard book to review. This book has been all the rage on BookTok right now, so I wanted to give it a try. It definitely pushed my boundaries of comfortability. Although I did thoroughly enjoy the writing of the spicy scenes, it remained hard to get past the familial relations in this book. I did not feel much romance or true love at all—more possessiveness, jealousy, and abuse—but as a book should, it kept me entertained. Three stars because it kept my attention and my eyes were glued to the page. However, character development fell extremely flat and storylines felt quite rushed. Not to mention the familial relations… weird.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Cursing, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Incest, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual harassment, Violence, Death of parent, Misogyny, and Pregnancy

annabelleg's review

dark emotional slow-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

3.5

This was something to say the least, I did enjoy it a little but the long chapters and the general relationship made it kinda hard to get through at points. It’s the longest it’s taken me to read something in a long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Animal death, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Rape, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Stalking, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Incest, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, and Confinement

hughestm's review

I couldn't finish this book...at all. I read ahead (yes, I'm that person) and I can't really stomach this kind of smut. This is some male fantasy bullshit, I can't see that women are really into being sexually assaulted...I guess there may be some who think this is all they're worth, but I can't imagine there are enough. I like smut, but this is just straight up porn shit. It's gross.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Death of parent, and Sexual assault

shellbycox's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Gun violence, Sexual content, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Animal cruelty, Blood, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Death of parent

jillianlovestoreadbooks's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

0.25

This book should be renamed to, child groom, sexual assault, and abuse

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, and Violence

cassidywashburn's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

2.0

hi, yes. why was a grown ass man touching an underage girl? and why was his son two seconds away from SAing our main character and only stopped when his brother interrupted him? she was saying no and pushing him away!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Suicide

yoshi_4's review

dark slow-paced

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

illegal, if i didn’t buy this 2 years ago, i would have never read it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Abandonment, Addiction, Cursing, Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death of parent, Violence, Incest, and Sexual content

Minor: Drug use and Pedophilia

kataylorgang's review

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

sapphyx's review

adventurous dark fast-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

SO BAD

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Incest, Death of parent, Misogyny, and Pedophilia

faithers99's review

If I could brainwash myself to forget the content of this book, I would ask where I could sign immediately. I do not trust anyone who says they liked this book-- to each their own. This was not my cup of tea.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Incest