I’ll be honest – I cried toward the end of this there’s no huge paranormal lean or creature feature here. I’m not even sure how I’d begin to write a full list of content warnings, because there’s just so much hurt and trauma and pain of all kinds – emotional, physical, mental. There are some really heavy situations in this, and lots of stuff that could be upsetting. The rest of the book is told from the viewpoints of each of those four girls as they become women, dealing with what happens after the tragic event, and how it shapes each of their lives moving into adulthood. The book starts with a horrific tragedy that’s like something out of a Special Victims Unit episode, and while the details of the actual incident aren’t specified, the thorough description of the aftermath could be really triggering for a person.įive young girls head to a playground to spend an afternoon without school, and only four make it home. PENANCE is not for the faint of heart, let’s get that out of the way first. I’ve been trying to branch out a bit into more translated books since I’m noticing a more Western lean to my reading habits lately, and this was highly recommended on several lists of Japanese thrillers. This was my first book by Kanae Minato, but based on how much I loved it, I already bought her debut and plan to read soon.
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