Reviews

Brother by Ania Ahlborn

j_raugustin's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.0

I’d give it five stars, but I try for reserve that for deeply moving works. For what this was, I deem it five stars. It’s kept me hooked and rooting for characters you shouldn’t root for but compel you to hope for them. It was brutal and disgusting and surprising and really really well done story of a fucked up family. 

pixeltune's review against another edition

4.0

ahlborn has a knack for writing interesting, complex characters. i think that’s where her strength is.

overall, i really enjoyed this book. i think the cannibalistic, incestuous appalachian hillbilly trope is a bit overdone & harmful, which is ultimately why i rated this 4 instead if 5. that being said, this book was like nothing i have read before.

yelahbolt11's review against another edition

4.0

Here’s your trigger warning for this book: blood, gore, incest, sexual assault, trauma, and very very disturbing story line and descriptions. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

na_aleksandrova's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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

4.75

lord_cookie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

lyvconstance's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

ladyxlazarus's review against another edition

3.0

If I hadn’t seen SO MANY TikTok recommendations for this book because it’s was really dark and twisted and messed up, I would have liked this a lot more. I was expecting Hills Have Eyes backwoods family gore but it was just your average thriller. Instead I got a lot of problematic backwoods hillbilly family. There was barely any gore, the cannibalism was not discussed enough, it was just “we eat people”

tinamia99's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

lyndsrj's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes

3.25

lannnnnnnnnaaaaaaaaa's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

3.75