Confessions
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3.9 • 25 Ratings
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Publisher Description
When Yuko Moriguchi's four-year-old daughter died in the middle school where she teaches, everyone thought it was a tragic accident.
It's the last day of term, and Yuko's last day at work. She tells her students that she has resigned because of what happened - but not for the reasons they think.
Her daughter didn't die in an accident. Her daughter was killed by two people in the class. And before she leaves, she has a lesson to teach...
But revenge has a way of spinning out of control, and Yuko's last lecture is only the start of the story. In this bestselling Japanese thriller of love, despair and murder, everyone has a confession to make, and no one will escape unharmed.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The murder of a young science teacher's trusting four-year-old daughter by some of her own 13-year-old students sets in motion a diabolic revenge plot with devastating collateral damage in Minato's outstanding debut, which inspired the Oscar nominated film. Initially, single mother Yuko Moriguchi's grief mixes with guilt when police rule little Manami's death accidental; she accepts the blow as yet another in a lengthy series, including the HIV-positive diagnosis that Manami's father received during Yuko's pregnancy, which prompted him to break off their engagement. But when she subsequently discovers evidence that points to foul play, Yuko decides to draw on her knowledge of the culprits to exact retribution far more terrible than the punishment that would have been meted out to such youthful offenders by the authorities. The plan's twisted genius emerges gradually through restrained first-person chapters narrated by Yuko and other principals. The suspense intensifies as the entire Machiavellian web only belatedly becomes clear. Minato, a homemaker and former home economics teacher, also spotlights the dysfunction that can fester beneath the tidy surface of Japanese society as well as the searing fury of a mother's love gone wrong.
Customer Reviews
Incredible
Wow this book has almost left me speechless. I love this style of storytelling, getting different perspectives and insight into the different characters through the same timeline. This book was so dark and twisted and I thoroughly enjoyed it I would definitely recommend.