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danielle.reading

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Truth Or Beard | Penny Reid
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I picked up the audiobook for this one for the southern accents and it is definitely not a disappointment on that aspect. I am loving the accents, actually! #Hoopla #audiobook

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Bailedbailed

I feel like there should be trigger warnings SOMEWHERE in/for this book! 😓

Author starts out with an incestuous rape scene and it didn‘t get any better from there. There was nothing about either mc that I actually remembered because the author didn‘t bother to give them any personality, really. I know that they were beaten, starved, molested and locked in cabinets for days at a time (as well as other horrendous abuses)...

danielle.reading But other than that, nothing. The author was so clearly focused on the tragic shit happening to these characters that they didn‘t even bother with giving them personalities, or for using on their, what I‘m assuming to be, magical traits. And let‘s get into the authors weird obsession with mentioning the male mc‘s penis, from literal minutes out of his mother‘s womb the author is making him having an erection and it only gets worse from there. (edited) 4y
danielle.reading At the age of eleven, the author says how much more “endowed” he is and then we jump into a very detailed molestation and that, my friends, is where I had to bail. Mind you I was on page 25 at this point! Reading about gratuitous sexual abuse and child abuse is not my idea of fun. Also, it is exceptionally weird and icky, for me, because I have a 12 yr old son. 🥴 I can‘t. I am not okay. 🤢🤢 4y
ItsAnotherJen It was a beautifully written book. Disturbing and dark...yes. However, the writing was excellent! I couldn't put it down. I agree it needs a warning label because most reviews do not mention the physical, sexual, and emotional abuse. Definitely not for everyone. 4y
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