Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

Confessions by Kanae Minato

22 reviews

akira_outofthegravity's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

A 4.5 ⭐️ read turned to a 5⭐️ with the last page. 

Every chapter felt like a slap in the face in the best way possible. It is absolutely like Camus meets Heathers, filled with characters who are shitty but you can’t help kind of rooting for?

The revenge is absolutely gorgeous, and it’s a really interesting tale about cycles of abuse and grief, and how revenge isn’t always the answer but sometimes does make you feel better. 

A really satisfying read. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Transphobia, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

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

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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

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Toxic friendship

Minor: Animal death and Transphobia

bwegz's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Transphobia

cat_mom's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Transphobia

chrisljm's review

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

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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

anxiousnachos's review against another edition

dark

4.0

Well this is fucked up. Deep dive into the psyche of those involved in the murder of a teacher’s child. It’s told in a very simple, almost innocent style of prose that reminded me very much of Earthlings. I don’t think it’s quite as successful as Earthlings was - I think this needed just a bit more tension and pacing in the emotion of the language used in order to feel a little less repetitive given this is basically the same murder told from multiple POVs.

But I did love the structure otherwise - I loved the way each chapter revealed more and more about the murder, getting more and more fucked up as the book went on. The way each chapter ended on an almost cliffhanger shocking sentence of fucked-up-ness was *chefs kiss*. And that includes the very last line of the entire book.

A dark twisty book about messed up people doing messed up things, and a deep dive into the why of their actions.

Content warnings: child murder, animal cruelty, suicidal ideation, suicide, child abuse, bullying, HIV stigma, misgendering

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, and Murder

neverlandpages4's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Animal death, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Vomit

alylentz's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense 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

2.0

Yikes! Not for me!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Minor: Transphobia

rileyxchaos's review against another edition

Not here for misgendering trans characters 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia