Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Confessions by Kanae Minato

58 reviews

brandyrae's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This was excellent. 
The story is told from five perspectives so it does get a bit repetitive but as they were from different POVs, I didn't find it terrible.
It felt a bit Stephen King (without the minutely detailed descriptions) with a twist of Gillian Flynn, which is to say chilling in the best way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Terminal illness, Mental illness, Bullying, Blood, Child abuse, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, and Abandonment

Minor: Miscarriage, Toxic friendship, and Animal cruelty

dosxhime's review

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

These kids may be unhinged, but Moriguchi is feral for revenge 

4/5 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Gaslighting, Murder, Child death, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Terminal illness, Mental illness, Abandonment, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Miscarriage

mrsmishler's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Mental illness, and Child abuse

Moderate: Medical content and Chronic illness

dakotaw59's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, Child abuse, Mental illness, and Bullying

anu_10's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, and Child death

Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Self harm, and Mental illness

Minor: Miscarriage, Animal death, and Car accident

sydneylount's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Murder, Child abuse, Bullying, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

ghost_dancer's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely loved this book, the author is an incredibly talented storyteller. 

The books deals with topics like bullying, child neglect and the Japanese societal pressures and the consequences of those things specially for young kids and teenagers. It's short and quite fast paced and the way that it's structured makes the story even more interesting. The main incident and details are revealed right in the first chapter, the each of the other chapters are the POV of other characters that were directly or indirectly involved, revealing their side of it, more details of what actually happened, as well as the consequences they had to face. 
Very satisfying ending too. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Child death, Mental illness, and Bullying

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Child abuse

samj_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Murder, Abandonment, and Suicide

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage

oceancarr30's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book was a short and fast paced thriller that I recommend to everyone who wants a plot twist. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Body horror, Hate crime, Torture, Mental illness, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts

ekilburn529's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.75

This is such a unique thriller. The way it all comes together is so well done and although the format wasn’t my favorite (5 very long chapters with different POV of the same story basically), I can see how it enhanced the story even if it felt repetitive at times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Mental illness