Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Confessions by Kanae Minato

53 reviews

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. 

---

Content Warnings

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

triple_m's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

4.0

A really good book about revenge and the domino effect of one horrible action. I think Naoki’s POV was boring since it didn’t really offer any new information, but everyone else’s really added a lot of depth to the story.

My jaw dropped at the ending I loved it.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death and Toxic friendship

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

---

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

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

---

Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Toxic friendship

Minor: Animal death and Transphobia

stephaniekrebs's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Animal death and Suicidal thoughts

julienicole1106's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

chloseencounter's review against another edition

dark 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

3.5

Confessions was a fun little read and while it had its problems, I thought some of the ideas used here where very unique. It’s hard to do things that have rarely been done before and I think this novel accomplished that. 

The strongest literary device here to me was that this book was the same exact story being told from different POVs multiple times, while this at moments felt a little repetitive I loved that every chapter could be the same events but a completely different story based on the narrator. Every new retelling flipped what you had known previously on its head which made you question each character. There were times where I felt disgust and sympathy  toward each person and it all depended on who was talking. 

I wasn’t sure how they’d wrap this all up but I think the end was a nice little tie up to the events of the story and ultimately as close to Justice as one could expect in a situation like this. 

Overall, this was an interesting read and while it could’ve grabbed me more I did appreciate the use of unique story telling and I’m excited to watch the movie. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

chrisljm's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

jaw dropped multiple times

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Death, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia, Miscarriage, and Vomit

neverlandpages4's review against another edition

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, and Murder

Minor: Animal death, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Vomit

booktribe's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

When I first started this book I was in love with it! I went in not knowing anything about it except the first sentence of the synopsis. And the book started with interesting perspectives and twists and turns. I was loving it. But then around 60% into the book, I found the story becoming repetitive. At that point every chapter had begun to tell the same part of the story over and over from different perspectives. But most of the time the new perspective didn’t introduce any new information. So it became exhausting reading the same scenes over and over. I still enjoyed the book, but it could’ve been a 5 star read if it wasn’t for that.

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, and Murder