Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Confissões by Kanae Minato

76 reviews

marianasreading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Blood, and Murder

xwritingstoriesx's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Blood, and Abandonment

tanniedt's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

i have so many thoughts about this book but i honestly cannot verbalise or type it all out in a coherent manner. but there is one thing i can say for sure, the people in this book are all messed up. i don't think i have ever been more disturbed reading a book before. it was interesting and it kept me wanting to know more and the more i read the more i saw how some people can be so messed up to be able to do things i could have never imagined ever. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Death, Blood, and Murder

scarroll178's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

5.0

This book hit me like a train from the first chapter. I loved the writing choices, the character building, and the reflections on the larger society the book takes place in. 

It started to lose steam towards the end of the book; I liked the switching POV’s, but hearing the same story told over and over again by different characters slowed down the momentum of the book. I was also disappointed because the book starts off with such a creative writing choice — one character talking out loud for an entire chapter — and then follows up with a letter, a punchy response to the absolute chaos of the first chapter.. but then the rest is just.. a normal book. I was excited to see what other bold writing choices the author would make, but it seems like she just gave up, like maybe she was afraid of making the writing too experimental. I also thought it was interesting to see the domino effect of the teacher’s revenge, but I was disappointed to find that both boys evidently deserved what they got; I think a more nuanced conclusion would be at least one of the two boys truly regretting what he did, Maname’s death really being accidental, and/or the teacher regretting her revenge.

Still, great book; I just wish the author would’ve really committed to the bold creative choices she made at the beginning. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Blood

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

anniereads221's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Transphobia

HIV AIDS

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

annaofjesup's review against another edition

tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

medini_l's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

kather_doc's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Terminal illness and Blood