Reviews

Brother by Ania Ahlborn

jayyreads's review against another edition

4.0

Omg the ending!!! Are you serious??? Lol!
What a ride this book was, seriously it was a literary masterpiece!
Despite the disturbing elements of this book I loved how the author was able to give meaning behind every action in the book so that way it just doesn’t sound like a pointless slaughter. This book literally started immediately with slaughtering just to get your mind ready for the rest of the story. Even parts where I felt wasn’t that important actually ended up being very important lol. What a mind boggling story, I really loved it. I’m now super determined to read more of Ania Ahlborn’s books after this!

logangraces's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

abbynordman's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

3.5

clementinesurprise's review against another edition

5.0

Damn it - came back to add another star because I’ve thought about this book every day since I read it

rainbowdrank's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

zipzapzoom88's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, and Kidnapping

kittysaurus93's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

4.5

vitalfeels's review against another edition

dark 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

2.5

This book fell flat for me. Kind of disappointing since because of all the good things I had heard about the book. The twists weren’t a shocker to me as everything that happened I predicted which was good because of the foreshadowing but I shouldn’t find myself guessing every twist. :/

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Child death, Gaslighting, Incest, and Sexual assault

i_have_passed_1st_grade's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Wow, this was literally the darkest thing i have ever read. Like really dark. Black hole dark. Yet i read it in one sit and loved it. Just wow.

markc64's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

This booked is F*****

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Vomit, Incest, Grief, Rape, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Animal death, Violence, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Torture, Child death, Body horror, Blood, Murder, Confinement, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Cursing, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Death of parent, Child abuse, Cannibalism, Gore, Mental illness, Death, Chronic illness, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Stalking, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, and Kidnapping