Rant Review | Credence, Part 2 | Yes, It Got Worse

[@weirdobookclub]

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[@meryljuana]

I can't believe you skipped over mentioning in the first video that the book opens with a quote from FREDERICK DOUGLASS 😭 that was certainly a decision that was made...

[@weirdobookclub]

OMG you’re right. I didn’t even notice. 😂

[@eggzuki]

dear god?!

[@Sheblet]

omfg no way

[@LaLaLonna]

Wtf....

[@HelloCompanion]

@@meryljuana Lord, save me from these blue-eyes devils lol

[@Starsim99]

Penelope Douglas has a real knack for writing some of the most damaged, sympathetic young girls ripe for a character arc and then completely screws the pooch by pairing them with the most loathsome, repugnant men imaginable. She could’ve written a story around Tiernan about grief and found family but instead she decided incest and sexual violence was the move?? Hello???

[@lianai.9795]

Misery porn is a fetish in itself, and it rarely comes with good writing. Personally, I am just shocked to find out it's a common kink in mainstream readership. In my country Credence, Haunting Adaline and CoHo books are top sellers. I'm terrified, disgusted and disappointed that *this* is what appeals the most to the general public :|. No wonder the romance genre is releasing mostly garbage nowadays if this is the "golden" standard imposed by popularity and sales figures...

[@vapiddreamscape]

i am here to once again complain that how dare they call this a WHY CHOOSE romance when she picks one! at least winnie understood the assignment and got a reverse harem out of it!

[@JigokuShoujo_4]

TRUEEE...!!!

[@Dorthyturner]

And he’s like the worrrrst 😂

[@sam.onella]

absolutely! i thought the same!!

[@asteridshydrangea-jt2hf]

@@Dorthyturnerit’s funny how the ‘wild men’ are always like, the most grossly exaggeratedly human they just pretend patriarchy is a primal urge 😂😂

[@GelatinSkeleton]

i’ve been reading the flowers in the attic/dollanganger saga series by VC andrews and watch your videos with my fiancé, i said this book reads like a way worse flowers in the attic and his instant reply was “weeds in the crawlspace”

[@LuckyOrangeTabby08]

@@GelatinSkeleton PLEASE. That’s genius 🤣🤣

[@Kate-su6tf]

Bahahahaha 😂

[@akiluckyakilucky7524]

He's an evil mastermind 😂

[@Stonedandbookish]

There's a really good KZbinr that covered all of them korriban reads

[@AB-ip2ct]

Flowers in the attic is a wonderful book that explores generational trauma so it is absolutely diabolical to compare it to credence 😭

[@olivialesuer6252]

This book: hurt me Natalie’s outfit: healed me

[@tyler-df3wy]

Between the Fredrick Douglass quote at the start and the Toni Morrison reference, I’m actually kinda baffled. Like is it meant to be a comparison between Tiernan’s situation and the plights of enslaved black people or is it just meant to make it seem more intelligent? Coz it feels like a strange aspect of American history to repeatedly vaguely reference in your barely legal incest erotica…

[@ihsissmedeiros4482]

Why is this girl named like a Pokémon omg

[@mst3kharris]

I’m worried Penelope Douglas thinks of the sexual encounters in _Beloved_ as “kinky.”

[@bbo7002]

Idk but I hate it 😭 I hate the casual racism that shows up in Douglas's books, this happened in Until You also. There was a character whose mother was indigenous & his father was yt, and this character & his half brother talk blood quantum 😭 he even says sht like "My people are hunters" like Penelope what do u MEAN 😭

[@bbo7002]

​@@ihsissmedeiros4482 her name is Irish pls 😭 I'm laughing so hard imagining every pokemon name in Irish omg 😭 Like Garda Mhór instead of Gardevoir 💀

[@tyler-df3wy]

@ trueeee yeah I forgot about that oh my god. Plus there’s the weird way they talk about Flora, with the whole ‘my Mexico’ thing and the only character implied to be a person of colour (because I wouldn’t be surprised if Penelope doesn’t know there are white Latinos) being a poor maid who’s only really notable for being dead so she can motivate a white man. Between them and Colleen Hoover, I really hate how people of colour are portrayed in these dark romances. Especially coz they try to subtly present themselves as ‘progressive’

[@AshChiCupcak]

This books fascination with wanting to hear the non verbal character talk is very reminiscent of Hoover's Maybe series where the love interest is deaf and the main character wants him to talk to her so bad and when he does, he has like the best voice ever. I need to tell Colleen and Penelope, thats not how that works. Thats not how any of this works 🤦‍♀️

[@asteridshydrangea-jt2hf]

Ah yes, the ‘you’re ~fixed when you start behaving like me/what I consider to be ~the norm’ trope wheeee

[@eveellisen]

I misread Colleen and Penelope as Colin and Penelope and was like "oh my god was this shit in Bridgerton too and I just missed it??"

[@pumpkinrevenge1692]

As someone with snakebites the “do these snakebites look ready to you.” Made me go into hysterics in the best way possible

[@tyler-df3wy]

It makes me so uncomfortable that ‘teenage piece of ass’ is a line in multiple Penelope Douglas books. Like I’m less than half their age and I hated writing that coz teenagers are children to me. Sure ageplay whatever but would it kill them to write erotica about people in their 20s? It would get rid of half the issues in them

[@sam.onella]

specially when Penelope is in her 50s 😭

[@yessirde]

Right?? Someone check her computer

[@yessirde]

​@@sam.onellaWHAT?! OH GOD😭

[@lianai.9795]

For this reason, and many others, it kills my sanity that her novels are so highly rated and popular...

[@CursedCatTruffa]

The obsession of certain adult women with barely legal girls being sexualized is so creepy, just bc a woman does it doesn't means is less creepy than when men does it.

[@ShayBot3000]

Age play ain't play when it's a literal child lmao that's just a crime

[@kaleehall6271]

NATALIE not “her freshly tenderized cutlet”💀💀💀

[@nooneofnote8453]

I’m already seeing bad faith questioning of the semantics around family relations. Look, imo the “step-“ part doesn’t matter. The lack of shared DNA doesn’t matter. The lack of contact doesn’t matter. Jake calls her family. Noah calls her “cousin.” If these men thought of Tiernan as just a person living there they began to see as family in the romantic sense that would be one thing. But the men repeatedly call her family, call her by their name as they become entangled long before anything vaguely “””romantic””” is happening. If there’s a more in-depth argument I really don’t care because this is an account of three men grooming a teenager.

[@asteridshydrangea-jt2hf]

Yeah, it’s not like ‘this is societally awkward but we don’t think of each other like that’ it is EXPLICITLY leaning into it. ETA: you could write a story where people casually use cuz socially and use family colloquially. This isn’t it

[@jxey1]

Right? Like, my mum has a best friend, she babysat me and I grew up with her sons. I call her my Aunty and them my cousins. We aren't blood related but I'd consider them family, and the idea of engaging in a romantic/sexual manner with them is profoundly disturbing to me.

[@SterlingCalm]

The real gag is how there wasn’t a 4-some scene.

[@PopChanx]

Your voice becoming more n more goblin like to represent the men in this novel 😂😂😂 really fitting

[@DaisyRosa652]

This isn’t the first book of Penelope Douglas that I’ve read, and I’m disturbed at her repeatedly sexualizing girls aged 17/18 with much older men.. A menace to society and literature

[@s.e.kallberg]

I started a new job at BN this week and I made a comment about this book to a coworker while we checked out the dark romance display table.. I said she'd hate it and she picked it up like, "you don't know!" And I let out some goblin laughs as I watched her read the back. I was right. lmao

[@Samthewise92]

You need that lady that sings about cousins dating. 😂 “if they’re in your family tree it is not meant to be..” 😂😂

[@vapiddreamscape]

56:14 okay but the reading of kaleb's backdoor obsession was stellar. ive done some writing on similar themes and I think you're spot on

[@Lolz4249]

Is it just me or does the cover signify some sort of paranormal woodsy thriller?? The content of this story is not matching my expectations in the worst way possible 😂😂

[@cur1ouscatf1sh]

It took me until halfway through this video to look at the screen at the right moment to realize that Kaleb is spelled with a K, because of-fucking-course it is. Why am I even surprised

[@sketchypastels7267]

i swear these books will pick the guy that treats the main character the worst as the one that she's going to stay with 😩😭

[@Flareontoast]

"Guess what she's reading?" Why was my first idea "Lolita" shahja

[@kylorensbeanbagchair9713]

I’m off work, it’s the long weekend and we got PART TWO 🎉 all hail Natalie

[@elainagilbert7663]

I can't express how excited I am for this.

[@michaelakreipp2209]

The book broke me mentally and Caleb’s French accent in the end made my day 🥖

[@pleasedontknowmeirl]

super excited for this! i got some bad news this morning (nothing serious, just didn’t get a promotion i wanted) and I sincerely NEED to hear someone rant about the stupidity of Credence today. thanks for ur impeccable timing as always 😊

[@AB-ip2ct]

Hey! Just wanted to let you know that don’t let this get you down. I am sure you have better in store for you in the future ❤️

[@Idkwhatshappening12345]

My show is ON

[@KazMorg2198]

So 1. Frech accent was amazing, please add it to future videos 2. Thank you for your sacrifice, your mental health will be mourned 3. WHO DOES THIS BOOK APPEAL TO??!?? Seriously who is supposed to find this appealing??!!!

[@HanEmbroiders]

my own debut novel just went live on Net Galley this morning and your humor/this video is the only thing that's been able to make a dent in my anxiety, I am forever in your debt❤

[@mothvenom]

hey congrats!!! hope it all goes well

[@bbo7002]

Congrats!! I hope ur novel finds the perfect audience who will love it 💚

[@ladychaos2412]

Congrats!!!!

[@akiluckyakilucky7524]

🎉🎉🎉🎉 Congrats! Don't be shy, drop the title

[@HanEmbroiders]

@@mothvenom thank you so much!

[@DaisyRosa652]

52:10 “slapping sacks” is diabolical 😂

[@sparrrorow]

there is so many things i could say about this book but instead i'll ask, why is the title all lower case and in tidepod colors. it looks like an advertisement for air re freshener, it's so ugly. i vibe with the upside down trees but that FONT??? disgusting

[@abbytu5906]

The French accent 😭😭😭 adding a thank you to the person who suggested it lol

[@EldritchWolfPup]

The playlist... The vibes... All over the place. What are we doing? What are we here for?

[@EldritchWolfPup]

PENELOPE DOUGLAS' PLAYLIST!!!!! IS THE ONE I DON'T GET!!!

[@whatalicesaw]

You know, I used to be so opposed to book burning….

[@ghosttownpoltergeist]

I would read the book where Flora and Sabrina are posthumously cursing the heck out of these characters (and authors tbh)

[@mithridatic333]

needing this for my 🍃garden🍃 and color session tonight

[@SarasBooked]

23:30 WHY WAS TONI MORRISON BROUGHT INTO THIS 😭

[@doraokeke3228]

Love the review, dot listen to this while eating 😭😭that was my first mistake

[@StephinTech]

I never get tired of your review rants 😂

[@SLAYYYYYYY703]

Imagine the world ends and this book survives and future beings find it

[@fionamclary7631]

Natalie these voices are getting so unhinged 😭

[@EvilAngel1227]

First of all, your outfit is adorable. Second, the “summer’s day” comment made me cackle 😂

[@isaacbenrubi9613]

Are you paying Beans? Cuz kitteh deserves a raise after this.

[@AB-ip2ct]

Listen, if these books are targeted towards women, then most of the people who criticise & make fun of them are also women. Like, I am pretty sure the majority of your viewers are women. I support women’s rights & women’s wrongs, but that doesn’t mean I will not criticise the dumb shenanigans they pull from time to time in the form of “dark romance”. I say this with nothing, but love for women (literally. I am gay). No hate to anyone who enjoys these books. However, we all have a different way of consuming media. In my case, it’s by watching someone else on KZbin read these (dare I say, terrible) books so that I don’t have to. Thank you very much.

[@natguevara2870]

when you started reading Kaleb's writing in a french accent I started laughing so hard I choked on my beer and started crying. 20/10

[@AngstAlchemist]

The playlist starting immediately with Sweet Home Alabama, omg. Took me out in one hit.

[@nessaarandur7740]

Not your pained "heyyyyyy" at the start. 😂 I appreciate you.

[@deshanna985]

I have been laughing at "Omg Kaleb can read" for the past 30 minutes

[@ghostie-1313]

I think a good addition to your playlist would be Little Girls by Oingo Boingo. Definitely the anthem of the uncle and cousins, mainly the uncle.

[@Mary-ol7qv]

The ominous countdown music 😭😭

[@KappaBooks]

I gotta say yes to the French accent. Really helped soften the gut punch that was this book🥖

[@kandycult]

The way everyone has the same voice for Jake has me rolling into a cavern

[@alastair876]

Need to keep this kind of stuff on the deepest dredges of AO3 i swear

[@AlteaRoseArt]

Hey Natalie! Thanks as always. Could you drop the video you mentioned regarding CNC and female sexuality?

[@idkanymore2.014]

I don't know if it's the video she was talking about, but there was a video by contrapoints about Twilight, that goes into detail about that. It's very informative.

[@weirdobookclub]

This was literally the video omg kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKLPoIOtatyjaposi=HbUI7V_RV9yZXWwU

[@birdeaux7991]

Not the freckles lmao

[@missfuneralsong]

before i get into the meat of the video and the pain begins i just wanted to say your fit in this one is SOOOO cute

[@M.H.I.A.F.T.]

I didn't care much for Credence but most of Penelope's other books are pretty good. Birthday Girl and Misconduct helped me out of the worst depressive/self-h**rming period of my life and got me into reading again.

[@haidenlong4875]

Girl it thought the beret was bc we were going to Paris #omglovetheeiffeltower

[@NattyByNature.]

Awwwww was that hubby w Beans @ the end?? BTW I'm a Natalia but Natalie growing up, ur jokes & humor & clip inserts are identical to what's in my head...I'm sorry my head is a crazy place so the fact ur in it makes me feel for you!! 😂

[@anaplese4914]

Perfect end of a hard week

[@renfish]

Ugh the wait is killing me!

[@lanaisnotokay]

0:28 please tell me this doesn’t mean what i think it means and they just go on a family trip to paris

[@patriciagoncalves165]

i'm so sorry for you and your mental health after this book

[@katieilardi3214]

I've been waiting all week 😂

[@spaceorc1397]

Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Im STARVING for this!

[@hella_fitz]

I need a gif of Beans in that door window so fucking bad

[@SED779]

Really loved this review it was really fun!

[@zm6342]

Sonnet 18... years old ☠

[@eastalchemist]

A PART TWO THAT'S TWO HOURS LONG OOOOOH TIME TO HYPERFIXATE

[@rumor3553]

I think you should do the french accent for everything

[@pruewillis3291]

1:32:40 NO NOT TWISTERS AHHHH I’m scared I might ever see it the same again :,[

[@AlishaHerbiederbie]

Brace yourselves, everyone.

[@carol.ann1]

Why is this book like hills have eyes/inbreeding adjacent?

[@KaLeCaFe]

Of course we need more of your French accent. Why is this even a question? 😂

[@SarasBooked]

2:11:36 🥖 I thought I knew the ending to this one but I think I was getting it confused with the ravenhood series 😅

[@claravazbraga6342]

I’m sat

[@kay12]

Oh my god, the Buckcherry drop

[@Ang_7890]

1:23:31 idk if you learned it differently and maybe it’s different in different parts of the us, but just a heads up when you sign help your thumb is out like you’re giving a “thumbs up”

[@Chloeeatsdirt]

OMGGGGGG THIS IS HUGEEE

[@Ice--Scream]

1:07:22 LITERALLY working on my wizard of oz retelling as i have this video on the background. JUMPSCARED

[@eggzuki]

get your popcorn!

[@EldritchWolfPup]

Looking at the playlist: “Krypronite! What are you doing here?” (I don't understand the playlist)

[@brandim1230]

Just finished watching part 1.

[@sarahu5034]

I really want you to read and review The Ritual by Shantel Tessier!! Another unhinged hard romance 😂😂

[@shaylabennett3189]

Three way splitskies? 😂 please stop salad dressing shot out my nose

[@sibstitcher]

Thank you for your sacrifice ❤🥖

[@sol_sunnyy5472]

10/10🥖🥐

[@avery_moore_reads]

Oh goody gumdrops! Part 2 of Incest is Wincest! 😊

[@annawegener5987]

Brava 🥖

[@ThisJess]

I know that 50% of the population it at about an 8th grade reading level, so that means....there's a lot of really dumb people reading these books that can't tell how bad they are. popularity does not equate to good.

[@PopChanx]

hheeelllll YEAHHHHH

[@lorimariebee]

🥖

[@rebsb4706]

i usually enjoy the mocking voices when characters do dumb stuff, but the use of distinctly southern accents to mock the incestuous abusers really rubs me the wrong way. it's the same as when someone uses a southern accent to imply a character is stupid, uneducated, poor, or otherwise immoral. it's very ingrained in american culture, so i hope that it's not reflective of anything you actually believe.

[@sewingadventurebook8275]

🥖🥖🥖🥖🥖🥖🥖🥖

[@iggyelle]

🥖🥖🥖

[@anjayvonne1990]

No! 😂😂😂 The cover is the only thing I liked about this book. Edit: The cutaways were top notch. 🤌 Extra points for the Twilight ones. 😂

[@beefcakes209]

this book is so terrible thank you so much for your service, Natalie 🫡

[@AlteaRoseArt]

🥖

[@carliewritesstuff]

🥖🥖🥖🥖