Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Penance by Kanae Minato

23 reviews

oceanserenade's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

the story is interesting and it gets more and more complicated, the pov of each character is amazing and their emotions described really well. but, i'm a little bit disappointed bcs there's no description about the motives. but then again, the story itself is more focus on each character's "sin" towards this girl and how it weighs them until they grow up. 

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Content Warnings

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

_nne's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Child abuse, Child death, and Pedophilia

Minor: Body shaming, Pregnancy, Suicide, and Domestic abuse

dosxhime's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Emotional abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Incest, Child abuse, Child death, Sexual violence, and Death

Moderate: Suicide and Self harm

chemicallykat's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.25

Holy shit

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Rape, Child death, Child abuse, Death, and Sexual assault

bekah1210's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, and Rape

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Suicide

Minor: Incest, Pregnancy, and Infertility

tenoreo's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Blood, and Child death

Moderate: Toxic relationship

ktrain3900's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

While the conversational-slash-confessional style didn't always quite work for me, and things seemed to happen a bit too neatly in places, overall I enjoyed this book and consumed it pretty quickly. The story, of four girls made to believe the murder of a new friend was committed on their watch, was fascinating. An account of the murder comes together as we hear from each girl (now in their mid-20s) as well as the victim's mother, and we learn what became of each of them and how the murder affected each of them. This is where the book shines, in my opinion: in how the past is pieced together and built in the present, as we learn not just who the murderer is (and his motivation), but who the girls, the mother, and the victim are. The slim last chapter was beautifully written. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Child death, and Suicide

There is one pretty graphic description of the victim's body after she's been murdered but I found all other potentially triggering topics to be covered either briefly or as tastefully as possible. It all worked in service to the story hence only selecting "minor" for each.

caralin's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Child death

katherine_alexis's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, and Rape

biaseelaender's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Torture, Rape, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Classism, Child abuse, Incest, Toxic friendship, Violence, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Self harm, and Stalking