Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Penance by Kanae Minato

22 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

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

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

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.

enflowery's review against another edition

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, and Rape

Moderate: Suicide

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