Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Confessions by Kanae Minato

59 reviews

read_with_riley's review

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

lesyeux_'s review

dark mysterious fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

rionstorm's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This book wasn't what I expected and it kept surprising me. They handled a few topics in ways I wasn't the biggest fan of, but overall it was written in and interesting way and I didn't see the twists coming.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, and Violence

CW:

terrorism

allison_18's review

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Vomit, Murder, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

soniaa5's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Abandonment

dusk025's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Murder, and Abandonment

zombiezami's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Outing, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Minor: Transphobia, Mass/school shootings, and Pregnancy

ra22ouille's review

dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

A harrowing account of revenge, dysfunctional families, and mob mentality. This was a real page turner for me, the fast pacing was engrossing and I loved how it was formatted with different characters telling each part and through different mediums (epistolary, phone call, journal, etc).

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Blood

rallythealli's review

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

_lars_'s review

4.75

This was absolutely wild, start to finish. I ended up devouring the book in 2 sittings. 

You see a lot of the plot points coming from a mile away but, surprisingly, that doesn't take away the enjoyment of watching it unfold piece by piece.

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Sexual assault

The mild S.A. scene is a forced kiss between 2 minors