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Confessions by Kanae Minato My rating: 3 of 5 stars View all my reviews The ending left me with my jaw dropped. It was exactly how it should have ended, with the ultimate revenge. The speech at the beginning set the pace for the rest of the story, slow burn but still intriguing none the less. The way the chapters were set up to delve into the minds of each character accused of the crime was intense and sometimes hard to read. I could sense the growing "lunacy" from each perspective throughout. I found Minami's mother's perspective at the very end the most interesting as it tied the whole story together and bluntly told the children how idiotic they were in their own thinking and actions. Yet she herself committed the ultimate act of revenge and that somehow made me smile. The pacing of the book truly reminded me of The Stranger. Both books I struggled with reading since they're slow paced, but still I kept coming bac...