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Confessions by Kanae Minato

22 reviews

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

read_with_riley's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

ktdaugherty's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Blood

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Miscarriage

clovetra's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

5.0

holy shit. i don’t think ive enjoyed a book like that in a while, where im so engrossed i literally put life on hold to read it. sure, i love all my 5-star rankings, but so far only twilight was able to capture my immersion… which is embarrassing to admit at my grown age. except, now this novel falls into that category. 

this was fucking amazing.

so many plot twists. so many scathing passages. 

i felt every emotion. anger. sadness. confusion happiness. concern. joy.

even though there are only six chapters, each leaves you with a bit more information. and with every new piece of information is a new plot twist. 

from the first chapter alone i was hooked. i was thoroughly confused at first, but as i kept going, i became more and more invested, until the first of many bombshells is dropped in chapter one. from there, minato keeps rolling the punches, as she adds more depth to an already exhilarating story. 

can i also just say i love me a good fucked up story. and not just fucked up for the sake of being fucked up. you can really tell minato knows when to lull the reader into a comfortable state and rip the rug out underneath from them. and i promise you the more you keep going the twists keep getting more and more outlandish - but in a good way.

i’ve heard people say that this book is grating at times because each chapter follows a similar retelling of events but from another characters point of view - from a killer, to the teacher who has lost her child, to a mother of a killer, to a student. i found this to be enthralling! seeing underneath the surface of every character’s motivation, inner thoughts, and explanations to why they acted like x a chapter ago, or why they said y 50 pages ago. it was delectable

i don’t think i can honestly put into words how addicting this book is. if this were a book with a massive fandom (i don’t know if it has one sue me) i could smell myself forming a hyper-fixation on this story because my god was it beautiful.

literally my ass only has One gripe…. and that’s

the HIV plot threw me off track a bit, as i know HIV very likely won’t be transmitted through drinking blood of someone with HIV, or even sharing a meal or using a bathroom with someone HIV+. like that part threw me off so much when characters kept talking about “oh no i have HIV”…. like i damn well know u dont

. but even then honestly i don’t care enough to let that ruin my perception. this book was too yummy to be hung up on such a “small” detail, when everything else was done to perfection.

i swear if u like thrillers & haven’t read this bump it up ur tbr

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Blood, Medical content, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Vomit, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

eabh's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

2.0

I knew from reading the back of this book’s that it’s genre and plot was not my cup of tea. However, it was a pick for a book club read. And for the first half of the book, I was intrigued and mildly engaged. But when shit hit the fan in the second half, I was left feeling disturbed, frustrated, and disappointed.

This book was much more distressing than I anticipated. Through the shifting perspectives of Confessions, you learn more about the experiences that happen that shape the character’s beliefs and decision making. I found there to be so much senseless violence and cognitive over analysis that I was both unsettled and uninvested in this book. 

Besides that, this novel felt very far fetched and unlikely to happen IRL, so it was challenging for me to suspend reality and stay invested through this book. 

A few things I did enjoy: the multiple narrator style was well written and the dynamics between the characters was interesting to see unravel in the story. 

Overall, this book was slow, repetitive, and twisted to me. 2 stars feels generous. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Miscarriage and Toxic relationship

Minor: Miscarriage

brandyrae's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This was excellent. 
The story is told from five perspectives so it does get a bit repetitive but as they were from different POVs, I didn't find it terrible.
It felt a bit Stephen King (without the minutely detailed descriptions) with a twist of Gillian Flynn, which is to say chilling in the best way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Abandonment

Minor: Animal cruelty, Miscarriage, and Toxic friendship

dosxhime's review

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

These kids may be unhinged, but Moriguchi is feral for revenge 

4/5 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Terminal illness, and Abandonment

Minor: Miscarriage

anu_10's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Mental illness, and Self harm

Minor: Animal death, Miscarriage, and Car accident

samj_'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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Blood, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage

noemi_qu's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

The end of the first chapter made me stop and say "holy fuck" out loud. Once it started, there was no brakes on the wild ride of a story. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Blood, and Gaslighting

Minor: Miscarriage and Pregnancy