A review by alissamk
Penance by Kanae Minato

5.0

Minato Kanae can do no wrong for me. I've only read this and Confessions because they're the only books of hers translated into English so far but I've watched several dramas based off of her novels as well and she's so good at weaving together a story with a big cast of characters while making each character unique. While her stories do go over the top sometimes I still feel like her characters are so recognizably human with inner conflict and motivations that aren't always entirely clear. I hope some more of her works are translated into English but if not I'll definitely break out my dictionary and read some of them in the original Japanese. She is incredible.