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Brother by Ania Ahlborn

217 reviews

bumblebre's review

dark sad slow-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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Death, Physical abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism and Sexual content

Minor: Animal death and Cannibalism

yxi's review

dark emotional 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

Ania Ahlborn... I just want to talk. 
I just want to talk about that last line. 
It punched the air from my lungs...

This book is bleak and devastating and cruel, and I loved every page. Even when I saw the plot unfolding and predicted where it would go, I found myself spurred on to read faster so I could see how it would all come together. 

Ahlborn is able to portray traumatised and violent characters in a way that walks an exceptionally thin like between horrifying and empathic. We see their flaws and the source of those traumas, but the narrative never excuses what the family does. 

'Brother' is beautifully written, heartbreakingly tragic, and bleak enough to sit like a weight on my chest for the rest of the year. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Cannibalism, Torture, Kidnapping, and Violence

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

marypetrushko's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Cannibalism

Minor: Pedophilia and Rape

lulublanche368's review

dark sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gore, and Death

Minor: Vomit and Sexual assault

snowiceblackfruit77's review

dark hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Alcohol, Violence, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Addiction, Hate crime, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Racial slurs, Stalking, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Kidnapping, Rape, Death, Sexual assault, Gore, Grief, Gaslighting, Incest, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, and Vomit

achurxh's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Violence, Emotional abuse, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Torture, and Death

Moderate: Sexual violence, Animal death, Rape, and Vomit

mossroot's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

Brother is literally one of the best books I have ever read. Ahlborn's writing style hooks you into the characters, and her use of perspective is phenomenal. Every single twist and turn will have you violently turning pages. Whenever you think you know where things are going in this book, you're thrown back and forth between theories like the inflatable-arm-men that you see outside of car washes. 

No synopsis is going to do this book justice, and neither can a small descriptive blurb. I wish any creator's review truly highlighted how amazing this book is, but at the same time it almost feels like a well guarded secret; as if it is something that everyone has silently agreed upon has to be discovered by each reader on their own. 

They can never make me hate you, Misty Dawn. They literally can't.

Brother took me three hours and forty minutes to get through. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Stalking, Violence, Cannibalism, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Vomit

faythfarrar's review

• Loveable characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Pedophilia, Rape, Child abuse, Murder, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Torture