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A review by michellereadatrix
Penance by Kanae Minato
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
A group of school girls witness one of their friends going off with a man and ending up assaulted and murdered. These girls are shaped by this, and by the girl's mother essentially cursing them to help bring the murderer to justice of otherwise pay penance.
A lot of this is nowhere in the realm of believable, like who the murderer is and how he came to target Emily, but it kept me reading. What do girls and women do in a world of dangerous men and how do these characters handle their childhood traumas in adulthood?
A lot of this is nowhere in the realm of believable, like who the murderer is and how he came to target Emily, but it kept me reading. What do girls and women do in a world of dangerous men and how do these characters handle their childhood traumas in adulthood?