Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Credence by Penelope Douglas

217 reviews

geekykiki's review against another edition

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dark mysterious fast-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

3.25

I don't know what I read... That's all I got. I'm lost in the sauce on this one.

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karleevanderdussen's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

“New York Times: Three of them, one of her, and a remote cabin in the woods. Let the hot, winter nights ensue in this steamy dark romance” 

Rated porn. Morally gray and I loved it. I would often laugh, gasp, and cringe all in the same paragraph. 

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georgialouise1997's review against another edition

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dark 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? It's complicated

2.0

This is the worst thing I’ve ever read, but I have to give it two stars cos I couldn’t put it down. 

I honestly think I read things which I’ll need to talk to a therapist about. Traumatised…

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sophieseltz's review against another edition

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emotional 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

2.5

“Uncle Jake” gives me the ick… Noah and Kaleb are great

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matilda1666's review against another edition

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dark slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No
Worst thing I've ever read. Need to preface this by saying I read this for a challenge and it turned out to be even worde than anticipated. Toxic, creepy, and incestuous (not to mention the other weird implications); it is also horribly written. I'm begging the author to learn about writing longer sentences. No real character development whatsoever and no diversity either cause they're fucking related. Very concerned about the SA that's never adressed. This would be way better as a atockholm syndrome thriller.

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beckys_bookcase's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious 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

1.5


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danny100's review against another edition

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emotional fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

Where the hell to begin...

The incest was the thing that bothered me the least in this book.

All of you that drool over this book and go crazy over this, I DGAF, I am yucking your yum!!!! GO TO THERAPY!! This is about a recenly orphaned minor who turned 18 for 5 seconds before 3 adult men had their way with her.

Go google Wrong Turn and click on images. There's your precious Jake, Noah and Kaleb. I said what I said.

We need to bring back some sort of shaming because FFS. Surely we can write taboo romance without the men acting so perverted?

What in The Hills have Eyes hillbilly bullsh** was this? I am not even that disturbed that she got it on with 'family' but the way those men would go on at times was just disturbing and gross. They protect her from the bad men in town just to put p*rn on the tv and pass her around like a bottle of Jack? Berate her for being interested in other boys but they have women coming and going all times of the night.


No Kaleb, please don't 🍇 HER, that's the cousin. Go wash the deer blood off you, Tiernan.

Kaleb, now that dad has had his turn, let's have a 3-way with her after she sliced her arm up and almost died in a fire.

!!!!!!!! I HOPE MY BROTHER IS LOOKING UP FROM HELL WHILE I **** HIS DAUGHTER'S *****!!!!!!!!!!!

**not actual dialogue but close enough**

"Wait until we're snowed in" f***********ck off. Do you have that little control over your genitals that you say that to a recently orphaned minor???????

Uncle Jake is not a good man. He's a perv who raised pervy children. He needs to be smacked a few times in the head and act like a damn parent, not the head of a fraternity house. But no, he drooled over the pretty virgin orphan NIECE and actively allowed his sons to do the same.

I'm sorry, found family my ass. 

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shaunadocherty's review against another edition

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dark slow-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

1.25


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jordan_taylor's review against another edition

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3.0

This book is not for me. It was good enough where I could finish it but incest (they're cousins) and a lot of smut scenes towards the middle to end of the book. Not my kind of book but can understand why others enjoy it.

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alyssamh's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective fast-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

4.5


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