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A review by luminous
Confessions by Kanae Minato
2.0
Underwhelmed. I have learned that I'm not a fan of stories that are entirely "told" instead of "shown." This book features several characters telling us their version of events. It never feels immediate or gripping. There are never any stakes. At the very, very, very end there's a teensy tiny stakes but it comes and is resolved within like two sentences.
The tween characters are largely not believable, at times sounding both way older and way younger than their years. I never get the sense that a 13 year old is talking. The AIDS threat plot line wasn't believable either. Not a single student in the class told their parents? Right.
I did keep reading because the writing itself was good and generally kept my attention even though it's not a storytelling style I like. It's promising. I liked Penance a lot better, though I wasn't a huge fan of that one either.
The tween characters are largely not believable, at times sounding both way older and way younger than their years. I never get the sense that a 13 year old is talking. The AIDS threat plot line wasn't believable either. Not a single student in the class told their parents? Right.
I did keep reading because the writing itself was good and generally kept my attention even though it's not a storytelling style I like. It's promising. I liked Penance a lot better, though I wasn't a huge fan of that one either.