May 15, 2023

It is the last homeroom lesson of the school year and homeroom teacher Moriguchi Yuko still has a few things she wants to tell her students of class B, 1st year of middle school. Firstly, that the death of her 4-year-old daughter was not an accident. Secondly, that i was pupils of this very class that killed her.

These statements lead to a series of "confessions" (告白) made by different characters, but all involved in this very case. Gradually, more and more layers emerge and the perspectives add details that eventually make up the mystery.

The language thus differs from chapter to chapter, which is a challenge from time to time, but this also means that vocabulary in particular is also repeated in each confession, which had a very positive effect on my reading flow. There was one chapter which, in my opinion, hardly contributed any details and repeated too much of the previous confession. Moreover, this chapter was not really a confession either. Apart from that, I really enjoyed reading this revenge thriller and thought it was the perfect choice as my introduction to the Japanese mystery genre.

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on January 29, 2024
similar in difficulty toわたし、定時で帰ります。L34
on June 16, 2023
similar in difficulty to余命10年L32
on May 14, 2023
harder thanコンビニ人間L30
on May 14, 2023
harder thanカラフルL28
on May 14, 2023
on May 14, 2023
easier than鹿の王 1L36
on May 14, 2023