Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Brother by Ania Ahlborn

38 reviews

cherihy808's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. This seriously may be the hardest book I’ve ever had to rate and review. I hated it! But yes I gave it 4 stars. 😂Let me try to explain. First off, I do enjoy a good thriller book but I’m not into gore and horror. To some this might not have been classified as HORROR but to me it was. It was literally the MOST disturbing and darkest book I’ve ever read. With that said, I made the decision to read it so I can’t punish the author with a low rating just because I didn’t like the subject matter. It was well written and even at 50%, when I really didn’t think I could keep going, I wanted to find out what happened to Michael. So the author deserves 4 stars for that reason alone. Also the ending was pretty good. It left you wondering what happens next and if there’s a possibility for a sequel? If there is, I’ll be honest and say I probably won’t read it. I also knocked a star off due to animal abuse…I just can’t give a 5 star to anything that includes that - sorry. 

As far as characters, I hated them all (except Alice). Even Michael. Yes I felt bad for him at times but then at other times he gave me the creeps just as much as Reb and Momma. 

The last thing I have to say is I wonder how someone can actually think of these things and write about it ?! I know it’s fiction. I know it’s her career, but I have to be honest, if Ania Ahlborn was my family or friend, I think I’d be really afraid of her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Confinement, Physical abuse, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, and Rape

tarantulagirl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Vomit, Torture, Animal cruelty, Misogyny, Death of parent, Gore, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Incest, Rape, Child abuse, Child death, Physical abuse, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, and Confinement

randeerebecca's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The ending had me screaming. Would NOT recommend to anyone who doesn’t like horror. Messed up and gory, but still a good storyline.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Blood, Death, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Violence, Gore, Murder, Rape, Body horror, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Vomit, Alcohol, and Cannibalism

Minor: Death of parent, Incest, and Confinement

eusteph's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I had extremely low expectations for this book because I've been having the *worst* luck with books I find through tiktok, but I'm happy to say this book is the outlier.

This book was fast-paced, despite its dark and gory contents. I couldn't see the major twist coming, so that's also good. I also liked that the story didn't have a cookie-cutter ending. This is the type of book that leaves you on the edge of your seat. While I wouldn't say the story was necessarily scary it is anxiety-inducing enough to be compared to a blockbuster horror movie. 

For obvious reasons I don't think I would want to re-read this, but I definitely want to read more from this author. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Cannibalism, Bullying, Confinement, Incest, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Misogyny, Gore, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Rape

rebekahmccubbins's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Every time you think you've read the most fucked up thing, you find out something even more horrible. Ania Ahlborn is a truly magnificent writer - a master of foreshadowing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Rape, Grief, Incest, Confinement, Murder, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Death, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, Violence, Domestic abuse, Classism, Homophobia, Death of parent, Gun violence, Gore, Cursing, Stalking, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Child death, Child abuse, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty

Minor: Alcoholism

pullingthorns's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This is so Ethel cain coded 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Animal death, Rape, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Incest, and Murder

Moderate: Vomit, Homophobia, Alcohol, and Confinement

Minor: War

anastasiabeth's review

dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Extremely dark and twisted but what a gripping and entertaining read. SA trigger warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Grief, Homophobia, Gore, Death, Violence, Torture, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Confinement, Physical abuse, Murder, Mental illness, Incest, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Trafficking, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, and Rape

sarah_mcmullan_nz's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Dark & super disturbing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Murder, Pedophilia, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Rape, Sexual content, Torture, Death, Physical abuse, Gore, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Blood, Gaslighting, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Violence

aleen_elizabeth's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Stalking, Gore, Body shaming, Cancer, Incest, Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Blood, Child death, Death, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cannibalism, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death of parent, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Slavery, Vomit, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Sexual harassment, and Violence

ryankaybee's review

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Vomit, Rape, Sexism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Gore, Body horror, Torture, Violence, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Homophobia, Cannibalism, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Grief, Incest, and Injury/Injury detail