Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Confissões by Kanae Minato

81 reviews

daniela_09's review against another edition

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

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

ferlintokezeirquizes's review against another edition

fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Homophobia, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Transphobia, Blood, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

ninkendo64's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

The writing style was so captivating, I couldn’t put it down! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, and Blood

dollhousebooks's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Murder

Moderate: Terminal illness and Blood

emmajoyreading'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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Miscarriage, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

larzhagen's review against another edition

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

alisonfaith426's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture and Abandonment

Minor: Chronic illness, Self harm, Sexual content, and Blood

james1star's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

This was so good! Like wow I’m totally impressed by this book and would wholeheartedly recommend it. I can’t say much about the plot without spoilers but basically two of Yuko’s students killed her daughter in a suspected ‘accident’ and this is the story of her revenge… and the aftermath of it. Minato splits the book up into chapters from different people’s perspectives and various formats too which I absolutely loved, it’s so engaging and hard to put it down. The prose is somewhat basic and brutally honest but the actual story is rather convoluted and very complex. Things are unveiled throughout with some shocking parts that place it in the thriller genre (one I’m not very acquainted with) but there’s many a passage on life, relationships and emotions pushing it into the literary genre too. The characters aren’t likeable but do have a lot of complexity to them which is great and in many ways I didn’t want it to end to get other perspectives too… very bingeable despite the horrific nature of the contents in parts. I was totally enthralled and gripped by Confessions and cannot wait to read more by Minato, and watch the movie adaptation too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Terminal illness, Blood, and Grief

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, and Death of parent