Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Brother by Ania Ahlborn

99 reviews

bethreadsnwrites'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Devastating. Wow. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, Cannibalism, Incest, Child death, Alcoholism, Animal death, and Sexual assault

shysheepys's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-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

A twist I didn't expect. This is scary, tense, depressing, and I couldn't put it down. I appreciate the shift of point-of-views to keep you on your toes as well as to break up the really stressful parts.

Spoiler

I feel so bad for Michael!! And Alice too!! I wanted nothing but the best for the two poor kids.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Cannibalism, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Body horror, Sexual content, Slavery, Blood, Death of parent, Incest, and Rape

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Abandonment

cathuluu's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Cannibalism, Violence, Blood, Incest, Rape, Torture, Child death, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Body horror, Gore, Child abuse, Kidnapping, and Animal death

Moderate: Vomit and Pedophilia

snapeygan's review

challenging dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.25

I was genuinely surprised by the way this book was written. Unlike a lot of thrillers, I found this one to be beautifully written, focusing more in depth on the characters and their feelings. It was dark, gore, disgusting, but I couldn’t put it down. It’s the type of book where you love to hate the characters. The end was chef kiss

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Torture, Animal death, Murder, Violence, Kidnapping, Animal cruelty, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Cannibalism, Death, Physical abuse, and Stalking

Moderate: Death of parent, Incest, Child abuse, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual violence

stardustvein's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, Blood, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Cursing, Physical abuse, Bullying, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Torture

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, Addiction, Incest, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Abandonment, Sexual assault, Stalking, Rape, and Sexual violence

tnels4'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? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, Murder, and Incest

mamithetopkek's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault, Incest, and Physical abuse

Minor: Pedophilia

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

vintage_b's review

dark emotional tense 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

4.5

 

This was my second time reading this horror novel. The first read was through the audiobook which was just as good. This is one that I feel will continue to run through my head, Ania Ahlbom did a beautiful job of keeping this within the horror genre without going to extremes. I love a good gore fest, but this story was more about the horrors of family and the evils that can lie within them. The themes of loyalty, good and bad are all expertly played. Even with the prior read I found I had remembered things differently than the first time I let the story envelop me, so it made for a similar satisfied feeling when I completed the book. I would recommend this for anyone who is starting into the horror genre and may not want something too gruesome as far and blood and gore. 

 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Incest and Cannibalism

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