Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Vértestvérek by Ania Ahlborn

88 reviews

lovelydeadgirl's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Child death, Emotional abuse, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Incest, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

aj176's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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 of parent, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Child abuse, Child death, Body horror, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Torture, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Suicidal thoughts

chloseencounter's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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

4.0

Brother was my second novel by Ania Ahlborn and I always find myself enjoying her narrative voice. To be as vague as possible this book is about a very twisted family and one child who finds himself doubting his capacity for evil. Ania Ahlborn’s books are always so bleak and this was not a departure from that theme, if you want to read a story that’ll ruin your week and an ending that’ll make your stomach drop, this is it. I will say, that in my own personal opinion, I liked The Devil Crept In more even though this is her most talked about novel. Either way this was a solid read. I’m excited to read The Shuddering next.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Murder, Emotional abuse, Child death, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Death, Cannibalism, Rape, Kidnapping, Blood, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Gore, Incest, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

kenzietaul's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gore, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Child death, Rape, Stalking, Alcoholism, Blood, Torture, Body horror, Bullying, Cannibalism, Physical abuse, and Violence

rhie_reading's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

This book took a while to get going. For horror fans you'll be waiting until the last 10 chapters for something to happen. However, the twist ending is good although a bit predictable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Murder, Violence, Blood, and Child abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, and Pedophilia

Minor: Alcoholism

katiefloyd's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Emotional abuse, Violence, Cannibalism, and Gore

Moderate: Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Child death

ashlyreadsevrythg's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Violence, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Incest, Body horror, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Gore, Murder, Child death, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Blood, Rape, Self harm, Child abuse, Confinement, Sexual assault, Vomit, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Grief, Kidnapping, and Suicidal thoughts

bxtskr's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

please read the content warnings for this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Incest, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, Violence, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Stalking, Torture, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

ripxw's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Animal death, Murder, Cannibalism, Domestic abuse, and Blood

Moderate: Rape, Pedophilia, and Incest

georgey1809's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, Cannibalism, and Child abuse

Moderate: Animal death