Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Brother by Ania Ahlborn

8 reviews

mel_j's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

Holy crap. Such a suspenseful, dark, atmospheric read. Had me hooked.

TW for ableism, homophobia and mysogyny, horror, blood and gore

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Incest, and Body horror

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Blood, Grief, and Incest

Minor: Misogyny, Rape, Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Ableism

nicole_cob_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Gore, Grief, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Cannibalism, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Stalking, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Violence, Vomit, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Death, and Death of parent

toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.0

This one hurt. It really really hurt. I wasn't so sure about it for the first 50 pages but once I got to the 100 mark I was super invested. The dynamics in this fucked up, evil family were really interesting and heartbreaking to read about and the book presents you with a complicated but believable protagonist that you really want to see win.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Ableism, Alcohol, Animal death, Toxic relationship, Rape, Bullying, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Grief, Incest, Murder, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Excrement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Stalking

honeyenbee's review against another edition

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: Alcohol, Child abuse, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Sexual assault, Violence, Alcoholism, Child death, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Murder, Ableism, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Stalking, Pedophilia, and Confinement

astoriareader's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

SYNOPSIS:

• A family of crazy serial killers living in the Appalachian mountains.

TRIGGER WARNINGS:

• animal cruelty / animal abuse 
• rape
• incest
• cannibalism
• murder
• necrophilia  
• child abduction / child abuse 
• murder
• violence 
• homophobia
• ableism

MY THOUGHTS

• This book was torture porn, and not a good book.
• The twists are predictable, none of the characters are likable, and the pacing is slow. Not a single redeemable character in the book. Ending was not satisfied.
• I am not usually bothered by reading “dark” books, but this book simply added disturbing content for no reason. The author does 0 character development, and fails to flush out a single motivation for doing anything. As far as I could tell, the violence was added as a way to cover up the lack of plot and story.
• There’s 0 backstory for how this family came to be this way…?!
• The writing is not good.
• The book is soooo drawn out & repetitive. As mentioned, there’s no back story explored, so the book is literally just pages & pages of repetition.
• By the end of the book, you’re screaming at the pages at the main character, “ENOUGH ALREADY OMGGGG”
• My two stars may even be too generous here. 

TL;DR: ⭐️⭐️2 stars. Yikes. Disappointing. Read trigger warnings I included, as this is torture porn with no attempt to be a real story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cannibalism, Child death, Murder, Violence, Child abuse, and Incest

Moderate: Homophobia, Rape, Ableism, Alcoholism, and Sexual assault

kryskross's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, Incest, Murder, and Gore

Moderate: Sexual assault, Animal death, Ableism, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, and Homophobia

angryoppossum's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

4.25

heart breaking, gory

the plot twist of them killing michael’s mom and kidnapping his sister as reb’s ultimate plan got me fucked up

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Rape, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Cannibalism, Animal death, Blood, Gore, Kidnapping, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Grief, Pedophilia, Ableism, Sexism, and Incest

Minor: Vomit

abbie_'s review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Vomit, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Incest, Pedophilia, and Rape