Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

告白 Kokuhaku by 湊 かなえ, Kanae Minato

31 reviews

spooderman's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Transphobia, and Pregnancy

Minor: Homophobia, Miscarriage, and Death of parent

thesapphiccelticbookworm's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse and Violence

Minor: Medical content

cardanrry's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Grief

Minor: Miscarriage

anxiousnachos's review against another edition

dark

4.0

Well this is fucked up. Deep dive into the psyche of those involved in the murder of a teacher’s child. It’s told in a very simple, almost innocent style of prose that reminded me very much of Earthlings. I don’t think it’s quite as successful as Earthlings was - I think this needed just a bit more tension and pacing in the emotion of the language used in order to feel a little less repetitive given this is basically the same murder told from multiple POVs.

But I did love the structure otherwise - I loved the way each chapter revealed more and more about the murder, getting more and more fucked up as the book went on. The way each chapter ended on an almost cliffhanger shocking sentence of fucked-up-ness was *chefs kiss*. And that includes the very last line of the entire book.

A dark twisty book about messed up people doing messed up things, and a deep dive into the why of their actions.

Content warnings: child murder, animal cruelty, suicidal ideation, suicide, child abuse, bullying, HIV stigma, misgendering

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, and Murder

lmshearer's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

This is a dark story told from many perspectives. Much in the vein of We Need to Talk About Kevin, this psychological drama would have worked better without the

AIDS as punishment trope, which felt homophobic.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Murder

elenabcdefg's review against another edition

dark tense 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

Moderate: Death, Suicide, and Terminal illness

sharq's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Death and Mental illness

mermellie's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

 OH MY GOD this was so good, the intricate details of this story, all the interesting characters, this was just so so good. I have to say that sometimes it could get a little bit repetitive and slow but that didn't decrease my interest. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Chronic illness

Minor: Genocide, Sexual content, and Suicide

bekah1210's review against another edition

dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Suicide, and Murder

carmylu's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Suicide

Minor: Homophobia