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Confessions by Kanae Minato

12 reviews

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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ilana_pop's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Jezus Christ this was dark. And so so good. It just kept spiraling and spiraling and you never knew what the next move was going to be. I gasped multiple times, one of the best and most thrilling books I've read in a while. (but so many triggerwarnings, please look them up in advance)

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dustghosts's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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jazzyreads_99's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This was hands down one of my favorite books I’ve ever read. Beautifully written, exquisitely detailed, and lots of twists and turns!

One thing about Kanae Minato’s writing is she has a way of getting you to feel for every one of her characters, even the bad ones that you don’t want to feel for. She also has a way of giving lots and lots of details that make you question “What is the point of all of this?” Because it doesn’t seem like it matters, yet as you read, every single detail ties in together for an excellent, exciting reading experience. I was on the edge of my seat, turning the pages rapidly because I could not put this book down.

To be honest, I did almost give this book 4 stars because the ending just…lacked something for me. I don’t know if I allowed people to just overhype it and set my expectations too high, but the ending wasn’t as much of a bang *pun intended* as I was hoping for. There was also one part of the book that I really did feel was a bit of a reach. *SPOILER AHEAD*

So this boy named Naoki, who after thinking that Moriguchi’s daughter was dead and panicking for several minutes while practically praying for her to wake up, suddenly decided to throw her into the pool to drown even after she opened her eyes to reveal that she was still alive, all because Shuya….said a few mean things to him a few minutes before? Ehh, a bit of a stretch in my opinion.

But I decided to overlook this because even with these two things that I didn’t like, I still had a 5 star reading experience. I love Kane Manato’s writing so much and I was fully immersed into her story that I genuinely felt like I was sitting right in that classroom with the rest of the characters! I loved how every single little tiny detail somehow tied in with one another and the riveting, page turning, beauty of a story this was. Kanae Manato definitely deserves 5 out 5 stars. Just to be safe for some people, there is a character in this book who seems to be suffering from Psychosis or something along those lines. So I’m adding to the list of trigger warnings.

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cady_sass's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

Holy shit. Goosebumps. CHILLS. This is how you write thriller/horror. My jaw is on the floor.

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spooderman's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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chloseencounter's review against another edition

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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

3.5

Confessions was a fun little read and while it had its problems, I thought some of the ideas used here where very unique. It’s hard to do things that have rarely been done before and I think this novel accomplished that.

The strongest literary device here to me was that this book was the same exact story being told from different POVs multiple times, while this at moments felt a little repetitive I loved that every chapter could be the same events but a completely different story based on the narrator. Every new retelling flipped what you had known previously on its head which made you question each character. There were times where I felt disgust and sympathy toward each person and it all depended on who was talking.

I wasn’t sure how they’d wrap this all up but I think the end was a nice little tie up to the events of the story and ultimately as close to Justice as one could expect in a situation like this.

Overall, this was an interesting read and while it could’ve grabbed me more I did appreciate the use of unique story telling and I’m excited to watch the movie.

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