Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Confessions by Kanae Minato

52 reviews

ra22ouille's review against another edition

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: Mental illness, Murder, Child death, and Bullying

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Blood

rallythealli's review against another edition

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

_lars_'s review against another edition

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

Minor: Sexual assault

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

paigie_pie's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

it was a creeping slow burn but worth the experience at least once

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Mental illness, Child abuse, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Grief

this book does have a consistent mention of A.I.Ds and purposeful exposure the disease

brandyrae's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This was excellent. 
The story is told from five perspectives so it does get a bit repetitive but as they were from different POVs, I didn't find it terrible.
It felt a bit Stephen King (without the minutely detailed descriptions) with a twist of Gillian Flynn, which is to say chilling in the best way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Terminal illness, Mental illness, Bullying, Blood, Child abuse, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, and Abandonment

Minor: Miscarriage, Toxic friendship, and Animal cruelty

dosxhime's review

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

These kids may be unhinged, but Moriguchi is feral for revenge 

4/5 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Gaslighting, Murder, Child death, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Terminal illness, Mental illness, Abandonment, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Miscarriage

mrsmishler's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Mental illness, and Child abuse

Moderate: Medical content and Chronic illness

dakotaw59's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

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

anu_10's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, and Child death

Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Self harm, and Mental illness

Minor: Miscarriage, Animal death, and Car accident

sydneylount's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Murder, Child abuse, Bullying, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness