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Confessions by Kanae Minato

17 reviews

clovetra's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

holy shit. i don’t think ive enjoyed a book like that in a while, where im so engrossed i literally put life on hold to read it. sure, i love all my 5-star rankings, but so far only twilight was able to capture my immersion… which is embarrassing to admit at my grown age. except, now this novel falls into that category. 

this was fucking amazing.

so many plot twists. so many scathing passages. 

i felt every emotion. anger. sadness. confusion happiness. concern. joy.

even though there are only six chapters, each leaves you with a bit more information. and with every new piece of information is a new plot twist. 

from the first chapter alone i was hooked. i was thoroughly confused at first, but as i kept going, i became more and more invested, until the first of many bombshells is dropped in chapter one. from there, minato keeps rolling the punches, as she adds more depth to an already exhilarating story. 

can i also just say i love me a good fucked up story. and not just fucked up for the sake of being fucked up. you can really tell minato knows when to lull the reader into a comfortable state and rip the rug out underneath from them. and i promise you the more you keep going the twists keep getting more and more outlandish - but in a good way.

i’ve heard people say that this book is grating at times because each chapter follows a similar retelling of events but from another characters point of view - from a killer, to the teacher who has lost her child, to a mother of a killer, to a student. i found this to be enthralling! seeing underneath the surface of every character’s motivation, inner thoughts, and explanations to why they acted like x a chapter ago, or why they said y 50 pages ago. it was delectable

i don’t think i can honestly put into words how addicting this book is. if this were a book with a massive fandom (i don’t know if it has one sue me) i could smell myself forming a hyper-fixation on this story because my god was it beautiful.

literally my ass only has One gripe…. and that’s

the HIV plot threw me off track a bit, as i know HIV very likely won’t be transmitted through drinking blood of someone with HIV, or even sharing a meal or using a bathroom with someone HIV+. like that part threw me off so much when characters kept talking about “oh no i have HIV”…. like i damn well know u dont

. but even then honestly i don’t care enough to let that ruin my perception. this book was too yummy to be hung up on such a “small” detail, when everything else was done to perfection.

i swear if u like thrillers & haven’t read this bump it up ur tbr

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Bullying, Murder, Medical content, and Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Child abuse, Abandonment, and Physical abuse

Minor: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

callidoralblack's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Physical abuse, Bullying, Death, Grief, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Torture, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Terminal illness, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

samj_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Murder, Abandonment, and Suicide

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage

noemi_qu's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

The end of the first chapter made me stop and say "holy fuck" out loud. Once it started, there was no brakes on the wild ride of a story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Murder, Child death, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Gaslighting, Terminal illness, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Child abuse

Minor: Pregnancy and Miscarriage

oriana095'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

Wow this book absolutely hooked me from beginning to end.  If you like classic thrillers where you can try to solve things as you go then this isn’t for you. I personally loved that it laid everything out and then gave you new perspective on what happened through the different points of view. There were also a lot of little twists throughout the story that kept me hooked. I also really enjoyed the ending. Definitely a great read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Toxic friendship

Minor: Pregnancy and Suicidal thoughts

ilana_pop's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Violence, Child death, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Death, Domestic abuse, and Bullying

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: Blood, Murder, and Mental illness

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

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

sas_ram's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

In a twisted way I really enjoyed this book. In the first quater or so I wished it had a little more spice to it but it balanced itself out. The ending is just a real bomb. 
Unfortunately the teacher/mother of the murdered child is mainly absent in most of the book because she orchestras everything from behind the scenes.
Some of the characters could have used a little touch up especially regarding their depth.
All in all I quite enjoyed it and it gave me KDrama "The Glory" vibes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, Child death, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Blood, Animal cruelty, Medical content, Terminal illness, and Animal death

Minor: Miscarriage and Pregnancy

hocuscrocus's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I am so blown away by this book that I can't even think of where to start on praising it.
Every part offered a unique perspective on the same situation with its own set of new, disturbing details. By the end, I was left with an uncomfortably complex view of what happened without any progress toward forming an opinion on it. This story lives in the gray area.

I also can't get over how satisfying this book is. Details are tied to each other in ways that are often unpredictable (at least to me), but the author gives plenty of opportunities for the reader to piece together the newest details before showing the answer. From the perspective of structure, this book is a very satisfying example of how to stitch details together.

In short: Read this!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, and Self harm

tiana_king's review against another edition

dark reflective 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

4.5

Revenge is indeed a dish best served cold. This was a dark story but I had to see it to the end. It brings up a lot of philosophical questions and lots of suspense. An enjoyable read if you have the stomach for it. I haven’t dissected a book this hard since leaving college.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Toxic friendship, Death, Grief, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Chronic illness, Self harm, Blood, and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal death and Abortion