Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Confessions by Kanae Minato

37 reviews

brookey8888's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

This was interesting. I was really intrigued to see we’re this would go and what actually happened. My favorite part was seeing how all the different characters and their motives differed from what you thought previously from another point of view. I do have to say though that most of the reasons things happened honestly was stupid and didn’t even make sense to me(like it did, but I don’t think any of it works, but then again they are psychopaths). I think this is worth picking up, but to me nothing shocked me and it was a little repetitive at times which I personally didn’t mind. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Child death, Violence, Chronic illness, Death, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Animal death, Grief, Mental illness, and Murder

beeping_librarian's review against another edition

dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, and Murder

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Blood, and Terminal illness

ilana_pop's review

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

daniela_09's review

dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.0

The shock from how the first chapter ended was really something. 

The ending was concluded well in my opinion. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Abandonment, Death, Chronic illness, Bullying, Death of parent, Murder, Physical abuse, and Blood

pinkpotayto's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This book was dark and fucked up and the twists and different points of view were really eye opening

some loose ends left but the ending was still wild and wrapped up the book in a clear (yet really fucked) way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Suicide, Blood, Physical abuse, Murder, Child death, Violence, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death

prodigiousmike's review

dark reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Child abuse

Moderate: Bullying, Physical abuse, Child death, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Death of parent

sydoodle's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

3.0

What the fuck! Lmao!

This was fine. Cool concept. Kind of lost interest and felt not much after, but still liked reading. I am so scared of children.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Car accident, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Transphobia, and Terminal illness

emmajoyreading's review

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

alisonfaith426's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Child abuse, Toxic friendship, Violence, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Abandonment and Torture

Minor: Blood, Chronic illness, Self harm, and Sexual content

hocuscrocus's review

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