Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

告白 Kokuhaku by 湊 かなえ, Kanae Minato

12 reviews

aqtbenz's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Death, Violence, Bullying, Blood, and Child abuse

emmajoyreading's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicide, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Violence, Abandonment, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Death of parent, and Forced institutionalization

larzhagen's review against another edition

mysterious sad 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

2.0

Each chapter is told from the perspective of a new character, and while usually that's a neat narrative tool, in Confessions each chapter just ends up rehashing the same information we've learned in Chapter 1. You can only re-read the same information so many times before it feels incredibly tedious. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Violence and Child abuse

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Child death, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

sas_ram's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

In a twisted way I really enjoyed this book. In the first quater or so I wished it had a little more spice to it but it balanced itself out. The ending is just a real bomb. 
Unfortunately the teacher/mother of the murdered child is mainly absent in most of the book because she orchestras everything from behind the scenes.
Some of the characters could have used a little touch up especially regarding their depth.
All in all I quite enjoyed it and it gave me KDrama "The Glory" vibes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, Child death, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Blood, Animal cruelty, Medical content, Terminal illness, and Animal death

Minor: Miscarriage and Pregnancy

cady_sass's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

Holy shit. Goosebumps. CHILLS. This is how you write thriller/horror. My jaw is on the floor. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Bullying, Child abuse, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Terminal illness, Self harm, Violence, Animal death, Death, Gaslighting, Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, and Mental illness

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

Moderate: Pregnancy, Ableism, and Transphobia

Minor: Miscarriage, Death of parent, and Homophobia

spark_lit_the_tree's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Toxic friendship

Minor: Animal death and Transphobia

locust1266's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

3.5

I really really liked the book in the beginning but after the first three parts it started to get on my nerves. The book was getting repitative and boring I kind of expected this book to be a mistery thriller which it wasn't it's kind of like a character study . I was really disappointed by the ending I thought it kinda ended abruptly. I also think this book could have been a little bit shorter. Also a lot of people are saying that they were shocked by the ending I wasn't it was really obvious what was going to happen. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Murder, Suicide attempt, and Child death

ruaaa's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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

Graphic: Bullying, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Child death, and Grief

Minor: Miscarriage

bites_of_books's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Well this one surprised me... every 10% or so I kept saying "how is this not over? what else could there be?!"

I went into this book knowing next to nothing and honestly, it might not have mattered if I knew . I was surprised again and again as we went on and as the layers were pulled back. There is a main event that triggers everything in this book and then we get 5 POVs that give us new information regarding the event. 

Even though it could have been quite repetitive it didn't feel like it at all. Also, there are some really interesting themes explored: revenge, motherhood, the responsibility of educators, guilt, misinformation, murder, fear, and so much more. I feel like this is a book that will definitely leave me thinking for a while. 

I'd highly recommend to anyone who is into psychological thriller with mind games and a revenge story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Child death, Murder, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, Terminal illness, and Toxic friendship