It's a novel I'll think about for a very long time."- Emily St. As Minato expertly shifts the perspective from one character to the next, each change in perspective lends a startling new dimension to a gripping and profoundly unsettling tale. If Albert Camus had written Heathers, it would have looked a lot like this."- Alex Marwood, Edgar Award-nominated author of The Wicked Girls, "Kanae Minato is a brilliant storyteller, and CONFESSIONS is a superb and haunting work. CONFESSIONS is some uncanny kind of tour de force, and everyone should read it."- Charles Finch, Agatha Award-nominated author of The September Society and The Last Enchantments, "A dark, dystopic portrait of Japanese adolescence gone wrong.
A pitch-perfect, riveting read."- Hilary Davidson, Anthony Award-winning author of The Damage Done and Evil in All Its Disguises, "It's time to unretire all of those back-of-the-book words that lost their meaning over the years-unputdownable, riveting, searing. As the characters in CONFESSIONS are stripped of their secrets, the novel reveals its audacious dark heart. The film version directed by Tetsuya Nakashima is also an excellent adaptation and is available for free in two parts on Dailymotion: part 1 and part 2.įeatured screenshot by Andrea Mau via Tetsuya Nakashima."Don't be fooled by the hypnotic beauty of Kanae Minato's prose. That is, if the killer kids hadn’t already done it.Ĭonfessions by Kanae Minato and translated by Stephen Snyder is a must-read novel available on Amazon Prime. Because of this conflict the novel truly challenges the reader’s sense of right or wrong.
What’s the best about Confessions is that the reader is never too sure who to root for, because just like real life, people and issues are often morally grey and there is no right answer. It is psychological horror at its best by presenting an issue that is conflicting even for the reader. Confessions doesn’t just take away the myth that children are incapable of evil, but explores the idea fully in ways that are uncomfortable for the reader. By far the most shocking aspect of this book is its depictions of youth, as their scheming and brutal actions place them into a decidedly malevolent view. I admire Kanae Minato’s ‘take no prisoners’ approach to morality in this novel.
Screenshot by Andrea Mau via Tetsuya Nakashima. Scene from the movie adaption of Confessions.
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