Reviews tagging 'Death'

Confessions by Kanae Minato

109 reviews

whatthegayle's review

dark sad 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

3.0

“I think we regular people may have forgotten a basic truth—we don't really have the right to judge anyone else. “

It was an interesting read but was a bit slow at parts. It was nice to see how everything concluded at the end of the story. All in all, it was a story about revenge.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, and Terminal illness

aqtbenz's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

brookey8888's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

This was interesting. I was really intrigued to see we’re this would go and what actually happened. My favorite part was seeing how all the different characters and their motives differed from what you thought previously from another point of view. I do have to say though that most of the reasons things happened honestly was stupid and didn’t even make sense to me(like it did, but I don’t think any of it works, but then again they are psychopaths). I think this is worth picking up, but to me nothing shocked me and it was a little repetitive at times which I personally didn’t mind. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

ilana_pop's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Jezus Christ this was dark. And so so good. It just kept spiraling and spiraling and you never knew what the next move was going to be. I gasped multiple times, one of the best and most thrilling books I've read in a while. (but so many triggerwarnings, please look them up in advance)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

daniela_09's review

dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.0

The shock from how the first chapter ended was really something. 

The ending was concluded well in my opinion. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Physical abuse, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

typedtruths's review

dark 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Ableism and Murder

pinkpotayto's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This book was dark and fucked up and the twists and different points of view were really eye opening

some loose ends left but the ending was still wild and wrapped up the book in a clear (yet really fucked) way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, and Murder

sydoodle's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

3.0

What the fuck! Lmao!

This was fine. Cool concept. Kind of lost interest and felt not much after, but still liked reading. I am so scared of children.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Blood, Car accident, Murder, and Abandonment

mellowbread's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

HOLY SHIT MAN THE WAY I DEVOURED THIS!! This was so dark and I loved how everything connects throughout and at the end. Chapter 3 was my only "meh" chapter since I didn't think that POV was that helpful, but it wasn't bad at all. I screamed so many times in my room when I learned something new about a character or how this piece fits in the larger puzzle that is the Manami crime. I feel like other thrillers are going to have a hard time beating this standard.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Minor: Child abuse and Suicidal thoughts

larzhagen's review

mysterious sad tense medium-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

2.0

Each chapter is told from the perspective of a new character, and while usually that's a neat narrative tool, in Confessions each chapter just ends up rehashing the same information we've learned in Chapter 1. You can only re-read the same information so many times before it feels incredibly tedious. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Child abuse and Violence

Minor: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, and Suicide attempt