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Corupt by Penelope Douglas

28 reviews

backitupmoony's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Rape, Kidnapping, Body shaming, Drug use, Incest, and Murder

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Death of parent

faith99's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Gun violence, Death, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Drug use

bookshelfhannah's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Blood, Bullying, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Violence

dlsmk's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

2.25

Toxic relationship, SA triggers, assault. He burns down her literal house and she is just so fine about that. It's gotta be a "No" from me dawg, sorry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Car accident, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, Sexism, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Cursing, Stalking, and Violence

jesshart8's review against another edition

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Bullying, Classism, Misogyny, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

aris_butwhynotho's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual assault, Torture, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Incest, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Violence, and Death

rahma8's review against another edition

dark medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

The octopus and Rika had an intimate moment 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Violence, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Mental illness, Murder, Stalking, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Grief, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, and Toxic friendship

Run.

zc2's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I didn’t like how

Spoiler

micheal never apologizes to her like it was a really traumatizing event and he straight up was like huh that sucks wanna make out? end

the whole tense plot of why are they in jail and why is it Rikas fault really had me on edge wondering what’s gonna happen next. Recommend if you like romantic thrillers!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cursing, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Confinement, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Violence, Genocide, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

becflourish's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Stalking, Physical abuse, Violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Cursing, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Addiction, Blood, Body shaming, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Sexism, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Car accident, Alcoholism, Confinement, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, and Misogyny

caro_booktok's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Before starting my review I'd like to remind you to check trigger warnings. This book is recommended for 18+ because of certain topics such as mental abuse, strong bullying, sexual harassment, possessiveness, and many others. Also this is NOT a romantic novel, it's a dark romance and these types of books set women rights below zero. This implies that you shouldn't take what's written for reality. So if you're sensible, I suggest not reading this book. Starting with my actual review, I'm glad to say that queen Penelope Douglas never fails to impress me. This story is the perfect mix between dark, mystery, and spice. It is a roller coaster of emotions, hence why it is such a page-turner. I loved the continuous tension and cliffhangers due to the changes between the two storylines (past and present). I loved the characters and it was really interesting to see what's going on inside their minds. AND DON'T GET ME STARTED ON THE PLOT TWIST. I really didn't see that coming. My favourite characters are definitely Kai (the calculating and ruthless one) and Damon (the impetuous and preposterous one). I really enjoyed Michael and Rika's love story and the spicy scenes were IMMACULATE (one word: sauna). I read this book in one afternoon and (imo) it's definitely a 5 star read. 
PS: was I the only one lmfao every time someone said the words "Fucking Trevor" remembering that one scene during the After 2 movie when Hardin saw Trevor hiding in Tessa's bathroom? That scene was simply ICONIC. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, Bullying, Misogyny, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Car accident, Addiction, Death of parent, Sexual content, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug use, Murder, and Stalking