Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Confessions by Kanae Minato

48 reviews

mermellie's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

 OH MY GOD this was so good, the intricate details of this story, all the interesting characters, this was just so so good. I have to say that sometimes it could get a little bit repetitive and slow but that didn't decrease my interest. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Chronic illness

Minor: Genocide, Sexual content, and Suicide

kryten's review

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Bullying

Moderate: Child abuse and Blood

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

lilifane's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

What a book! I was totally unprepared for it. All I knew about it was mentioned in the first half of the first chapter. And the rest of the book took me completely by surprise. 
It's dark and disturbing and heartbreaking and definitely thought-provoking. It shows that we don't really know what is going on inside the heads and lives of the people around us. Also, miscommunication and making assumptions based on prejudices can cause a lot of damage and heartache to a lot of people. Same as revenge or taking justice into one's own hands. 
I needed to get used to the writing at the beginning first, but after reading on I realized how masterfully plotted this book is. (And I love well plotted books) There were some minor details I didn't like, and I think the ending is not as powerful as the rest of the story. But all in all, I was pretty impressed by the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Blood, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, and Pregnancy

charleyroxy's review

challenging dark mysterious sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Murder, and Toxic friendship

alicelalicon's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Murder, and Toxic friendship

theleppy's review

I thought I could get passed the child death part but the age of the child coupled with animal cruelty I couldn't do it. I liked how the story was written but I was getting upset by those things and got the feeling it would go too far.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Child death

kelseyholler's review

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder

stayshomeandreads's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide