Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Vértestvérek by Ania Ahlborn

146 reviews

limthebean's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Rape, Murder, and Stalking

oliviagwynne's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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

3.5

Been on my list for a while, finally getting to it. 

Right away it’s giving the Firefly family from Rob Zombie’s House of 1000 Corpses. 

It’s told from the perspective of Michael, a boy raised in a rough family and then flashback chapters that are his brother Reb’s perspective. Reb’s chapters really add to the depravity and depressing circumstances you see in Michael’s chapters. 

Such a broken, miserable home. The cannibalism was a surprise but also not. 

I feel like a lot of it was fairly predictable. the poor MC is not as smart as the reader so it takes him longer to put things together 

It’s definitely gory. And has animal cruelty, murder, sexual assaults. 

The end is a gut punch but I don’t know how it could have ended any other way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, and Rape

jully_bean's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

This book destroyed me emotionally <3 and I love it. What an ending! The kind of story that keeps you thinking about it long after you've finished the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Animal death, Blood, Animal cruelty, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Violence, Death of parent, Grief, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Stalking, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Death, Incest, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cannibalism, Child death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Cursing, Homophobia, Vomit, and Ableism

akrys40's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Murder

Moderate: Incest

Minor: Rape

morgansaysto's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Kidnapping, and Gore

Moderate: Animal death and Child abuse

Minor: Rape

thejwq's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Rape, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Cannibalism, Emotional abuse, Death, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Child death, Sexual violence, Stalking, Misogyny, Animal cruelty, Murder, Gore, and Blood

diannemarini's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-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? No

3.25

The book isn't really scary but enough for me to feel anger towards some characters. I genuinely hate Rebel/Ray with everything I have. The book gets pretty graphic so checking the tags is a must.

It had a VERY slow start. I understand why some people didn't pushed through with it. But halfway through the book there was a change of pace and it got me intrigued into finishing it. If you don't feel intrigued halfway through, maybe the book isn't for you. The final quarter of the book was fast paced and I'm actually glad I finished it. 

I only gave it 3.25 stars cause I kinda liked the ending but I know I won't be rereading it.

I recommend this if you've been reading thriller for a long time or you're fine with slow pacing. But if you're looking for popcorn thrillers, this isn't it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Violence, Torture, Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cannibalism, Pedophilia, Animal cruelty, and Incest

eclaire912's review against another edition

challenging 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Sexual violence, Blood, Gore, Cannibalism, Incest, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Animal cruelty, Rape, and Torture

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