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A review by anxiousnachos
Confessions by Kanae Minato
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
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, and Murder