Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Credence by Penelope Douglas

97 reviews

britrcup's review against another edition

2.0

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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

Moderate: Cancer

shanno_h0's review against another edition

2.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

_youfloweryoufeast_'s review against another edition

1.0

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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1 ⭐️ 


Genre: Adult Romance 
Age group : Adult 
POV : First person / multiple POV
Characters: 1/5 ⭐️ 
Plot: 1/5 ⭐️ 
Setting/Themes: 1.5/5 ⭐️ 
Writing: 2/5 ⭐️
Spice : ➖

• Please check TWs & CWs 
• mature language, sexual scenes, sexual harassment, death, substance abuse, violence, neglectful parents, suicidal idealism, PTSD, wildlife hunting, sexual assault  
• HEA

Four words. 

What in the clusterfuck. This is so wrong 🤧

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Sexual content, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Suicide attempt

Minor: Suicide

adventureandallegory's review against another edition

3.75

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, Death of parent

Moderate: Cursing, Violence, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury

shepp101's review against another edition

2.5

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Sexual harassment

peppyb's review against another edition

3.0

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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🤡 the tomfoolery from these characters 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol

Moderate: Pedophilia

laura_rheads_too_much's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Sexual harassment

Minor: Sexual violence

So while the relationships in this book aren’t technically incestuous they tread a fine line.

itsmeyseniab's review against another edition

3.5

dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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What a goddamn RIDE. Penelope Douglas writes bully romances and the "bad boy" archetype so well that it literally has me debating my morality after each book I read of hers LOL. My brain literally can't comprehend what I just read, and I feel the need to take several showers and rinse my eyes with holy water but I'll do my best to sum up my thoughts:

"Spicy" doesn't even begin to express this book. This is hands down the dirtiest book I've ever read. If my review was based on smut alone it would've been an easy five star read - Penelope Douglas knows how to write a love scene! However, where she lost me was the plot. It wasn't bad by any means, but I also wasn't very invested and guessed who our main character Tiernan was going to end up with pretty early on, so my level of intrigue wasn't as high as it could've been. It also didn't help that I didn't feel much chemistry outside of the palpable lust between Tiernan and who she ended up choosing.

My biggest issue I had with this story was how it handled the topic of consent. We got Tiernan's internal dialogue and we clearly knew that she desired a sexual relationship with each of the men at one point or another, but my issue with the consent specifically had to do with (view spoiler). She specifically was saying no while actively pushing him away and he kept going anyway, until she eventually "liked" it. It was gross and very triggering, but like I said there was so much gray area because her internal dialogue was clearly showing that she wanted to be intimate with him.

That being said, this book is not for the faint of heart, but I'd be lying if I said that I didn't want to pick up more of her novels.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Sexual content, Blood, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Rape, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cancer, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death of parent

alli_the_bookaholic13's review against another edition

2.75

emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment

finnickdeservedbetter's review against another edition

1.0

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

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

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.