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Confessions by Kanae Minato

111 reviews

beeping_librarian's review against another edition

dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, and Murder

Minor: Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Blood

ilana_pop's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Jezus Christ this was dark. And so so good. It just kept spiraling and spiraling and you never knew what the next move was going to be. I gasped multiple times, one of the best and most thrilling books I've read in a while. (but so many triggerwarnings, please look them up in advance)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

dustghosts's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Animal cruelty

katiiekhaos's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

What a wild ride! A very interesting story of revenge, moral compasses, nature vs nurture, fear and the justice system. 
I think the choices of POVs were excellent, they helped give the same timeline of events more nuances and each one had a twist/reveal that kept you hooked.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse and Suicidal thoughts

pinkpotayto's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This book was dark and fucked up and the twists and different points of view were really eye opening

some loose ends left but the ending was still wild and wrapped up the book in a clear (yet really fucked) way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, and Murder

ferlintokezeirquizes's review against another edition

fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Homophobia, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Transphobia, Blood, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

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: Mental illness, Blood, and Murder

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

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

mellowbread'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

HOLY SHIT MAN THE WAY I DEVOURED THIS!! This was so dark and I loved how everything connects throughout and at the end. Chapter 3 was my only "meh" chapter since I didn't think that POV was that helpful, but it wasn't bad at all. I screamed so many times in my room when I learned something new about a character or how this piece fits in the larger puzzle that is the Manami crime. I feel like other thrillers are going to have a hard time beating this standard.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Minor: Child abuse and Suicidal thoughts

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: Child abuse and Violence

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

james1star's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This was so good! Like wow I’m totally impressed by this book and would wholeheartedly recommend it. I can’t say much about the plot without spoilers but basically two of Yuko’s students killed her daughter in a suspected ‘accident’ and this is the story of her revenge… and the aftermath of it. Minato splits the book up into chapters from different people’s perspectives and various formats too which I absolutely loved, it’s so engaging and hard to put it down. The prose is somewhat basic and brutally honest but the actual story is rather convoluted and very complex. Things are unveiled throughout with some shocking parts that place it in the thriller genre (one I’m not very acquainted with) but there’s many a passage on life, relationships and emotions pushing it into the literary genre too. The characters aren’t likeable but do have a lot of complexity to them which is great and in many ways I didn’t want it to end to get other perspectives too… very bingeable despite the horrific nature of the contents in parts. I was totally enthralled and gripped by Confessions and cannot wait to read more by Minato, and watch the movie adaptation too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Terminal illness, Blood, and Grief

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, and Death of parent