Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

Credence by Penelope Douglas

194 reviews

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.

ellamycroft's review against another edition

1.0

challenging 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, Incest, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Death of parent, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child abuse

Minor: Cancer

moonshineforest's review against another edition

1.0

emotional 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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MISS ME WITH THAT SHIT

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Sexual harassment

Minor: Animal death, Blood

rachela_7's review against another edition

1.5

dark medium-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Sexual harassment

haninsaeed's review against another edition

1.0

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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ehm... Idk what the hell am I supposed to say after reading this crap. No offense... Kinda. Anyways, this book is terrible. I know I gave a one star, and that's because I love Noah, and only Noah. Okay... Maybe Jake just a bit...except the fact he's a pedo. But Kaleb? REALLY? I mean... The girl is so naive to even realise how terrible he is and then just ends up with HIM? anyways... Don't read it was not good... Again sorry Penelope. Actually, I was very disappointed when I read this book. And that's because, I never thought Pene would do something like this. 

update: penelope is definitely the type of person to write this

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment

ninabyna's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Not a fan of non-consent if not yet established if the character enjoys that

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Misogyny

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment

lovelymisanthrope's review against another edition

2.0

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was a complicated romance, that kind of, almost, sometimes, crosses some lines. "Credence" follows Tiernan after her parents pass away. With no family left, and a few months before she turns 18, she is sent to live with her father's step brother and his two sons. They live in a remote home deep in the mountains in Colorado, so winters are brutal, and they are snowed in for months. 

Going into this book, I knew she was going to pursue a sexual relationship with her "uncle", but I did not know she would ultimately have relations with all three of them. The story just got too weird for me because she would refer to the boys as her uncle and cousins during the sexual scenes. There is no blood relation, so I was not that bothered by the relationship, but I did not appreciate the titles of uncle and cousin being continually brought up. I was also LIVID that she ultimately pursued Kaleb because he had deep unresolved issues that he acted very poorly on. He mentally, and physically abused Tiernan, and it was never questioned or pushed because he had a big traumatic incident that happened when he was younger and "that is just how he is". I was also bothered with how neatly everything ended. I needed the trauma that Kaleb and Tiernan experienced to be discussed more and for them to work through it for me to be truly satisfied with the end. 

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment

mariamlyxoxo's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional sad slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

choishere's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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

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This book lacked triggering warnings which makes the graphic scenes a jump scare, traumatic for SA survivors. 

They  graphic scenes were not used a plot advancement. The assaulter is forgiven without repercussions and the experience of the event is invalidated.

Overall wouldn’t suggest book if you are looking for plot and character development. This book is basically trauma porn and uncomfortable smut.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment

adrianavv3's review against another edition

0.25

dark 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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THIS BOOK WAS ASS

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment