Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Confessions by Kanae Minato

72 reviews

_meganrose's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

WOW, the varying perspectives in this were equally horrifying and disturbingly fascinating. The storytelling in this was very unique. Overall 3.75 ⭐️ read for this dark thriller.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

this was such a unique triller. i really enjoyed how different the plot and formatting was.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Toxic friendship

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

One of the wildest rides I’ve ever been on. Just when you think you’ve got it figured out, the author throws another curveball. I was floored for about 95% of this book. The writing style takes a bit to get used to at first, but once you get into it, it’s not as jarring. At the outset of reading this, my main takeaway is who really was the “bad guy” in this story. I’m not sure, are you?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Abandonment

glgremlin's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book is the definition of "an eye for an eye and the whole world goes blind." 

Absolutely incredible revenge story that hooks you at the very start.

It's taught me perception vs perspective are to different things to always take into account of someone.

Highly recommend!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

beightmana's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Confinement, Torture, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, and Toxic friendship

hannahlini's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

1.0

The first chapter of this book was engaging, but it went downhill from there. There is so much repetition that it felt like the author was trying to pad the page count of a novella to become a full novel. It was also way too dark for my taste and the characters didn’t feel like real people to me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Murder

valrunin's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.5

I only really liked the first and last chapter. I wanted to enjoy this so bad. ☹

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, and Child death

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

lesyeux_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

rionstorm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This book wasn't what I expected and it kept surprising me. They handled a few topics in ways I wasn't the biggest fan of, but overall it was written in and interesting way and I didn't see the twists coming.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, and Violence

CW:

terrorism

allison_18's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Vomit, Murder, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death