Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Credence by Penelope Douglas

45 reviews

booktalkswithregina's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Sexual assault, and Incest

Moderate: Suicide, Child abuse, and Death of parent

millibraithwaite's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexism, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Death, Incest, and Domestic abuse

angrybookworm's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

0.25

This is maybe the worst thing I've ever read. The quality of writing reminds me of wattpad in a really terrible way, the characters are all awful, horrible, disgusting people. I genuinely fear anyone who enjoyed this story or who think any of the events in this book are okay

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual harassment, Incest, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Stalking, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicide, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent

sezzrah'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Incest, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, and Emotional abuse

finnickdeservedbetter's review against another edition

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.

stuckinth3crowdz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

1.5

[This is an updated review, also minor spoliers]

 It's been a few months since reading Creadence and well all I have to say is this is one of my least favorite books. And I don't mean any harm to Penelope their work is pretty tremendous but Credence had absolutely no plot as the book kept going. And it's also disturbing to think about how the main guys knew they were taking in the mc as their niece/cousin (step; they're not blood-related) and it's just so weird because that doesn't stop them from caring about sexual relations with her. And another thing is how one of the main guys practically almost r*ped the mc. And another this worth mentioning is the age gap... the mc freshly turned 18 when she's with the guys while one is in their 40s-50s and the other two are in their 20s. And with me saying all this I don't want to keep people from reading it, if you want to read it go ahead I'm not writing this review to stop you I just wanted to write this a little more in-depth so that for people that do read reviews before reading a book have more of an idea with what they're getting into when reading Credence. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Grief, Incest, Rape, Suicide, Death of parent, and Sexual assault

mariamlyxoxo's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

cjm118's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Adult/minor relationship

4books_of_sand's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Incest

letboburnhamburnem's review against another edition

Im all for some like kinky/taboo fuckery but this veered to far into the blatant noncon realm 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, and Incest