Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Penance by Kanae Minato

14 reviews

circadroid's review against another edition

dark reflective sad fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Suicide

Moderate: Sexual assault, Murder, Pregnancy, and Rape

Minor: Incest, Miscarriage, Kidnapping, and Pedophilia

_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

falloutrocker's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Rape, and Sexual assault

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

harureads's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Reading this book right before going to sleep was not a fantastic idea but I still thoroughly enjoyed it. This story centres around a child, Emily, who is memorialised through her murder in a small town. The book's epistolary format showed the thought process of each child that had witnessed the murder and how the consequences led them all to become murderers. I enjoyed how Minato spruced up these twists between each narrative and how their lives, after being separated, had become so interconnected. I just thought that the continuation of each person harming or causing the death of someone was a bit forced, especially since it seemed like all those incidents happened in the same timeline. The story was a reflection of how the death of someone can alter the course of the lives of people even though in a fast-paced world where every day there is a new crime, those deaths become forgotten, albeit their reality was horrifying. I personally enjoyed the grim facet of the novel and also the way I could feel as if a different person was writing each chapter just as the author intended I suppose.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Rape

august_18's review

dark mysterious sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Child death, Suicide, Murder, and Grief

Moderate: Stalking, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Domestic abuse, Incest, Pregnancy, and Infidelity

Minor: Miscarriage, Infertility, Body shaming, Car accident, and Sexism

sharq's review

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Murder, Rape, and Death

Minor: Incest

likuroha's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

shinku's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Child death, Rape, Pedophilia, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Incest

jaezel's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Classism, Rape, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Suicide