Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Confessions by Kanae Minato

129 reviews

ktdaugherty's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, and Bullying

Moderate: Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Blood

Minor: Miscarriage, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

valrunin's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.5

I only really liked the first and last chapter. I wanted to enjoy this so bad. ☹

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Bullying, and Child death

Moderate: Death of parent, Blood, Murder, Violence, and Suicide attempt

halfcactus's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

4.0

PLOT: Following the death of her daughter, middle school teacher Ms. Moriguchi talks about the law leaving major crimes unpunished, and gives her students one last message before she resigns. Mayhem ensues.

This was a twisty and unhinged revenge/psychological thriller that really committed to its premise. As the title suggests, the story is a domino effect of consequences structured as confessions from different characters. There's a good mix of social commentary and varying cynical worldviews that reveal the darkness of human nature and failures of society. The fragmented, slightly unchronological and incongruous, information that you get, gives it some reread value. The revenge stops being cathartic because the circumstances it presents are so complex, but it still doesn't hesitate to pull the trigger, and I love that about it.

I really loved the PoV writing in this!!! So many different grievances, so many different senses of justice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Child abuse

angelayn's review

dark sad 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

4.5

Everyone is damaged and nobody is a saint here. It feels like you’re going in circles over and over because each chapter has a different person telling their point of view about the same incident but each time it reveals something deeper and darker and truly horrific. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child abuse, Child death, Bullying, Murder, and Physical abuse

rionstorm's review against another edition

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

Moderate: Violence, Child abuse, and Animal cruelty

CW:

terrorism

awebofstories's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Bullying

dusk025's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

zombiezami's review

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

Minor: Pregnancy, Mass/school shootings, and Transphobia

annaforthebooks's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Murder, and Child death

Moderate: Child abuse and Abandonment

curiousqueenb's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, and Child death