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A review by remjunior
Brother by Ania Ahlborn
5.0
Wow. I...this feels like a cross between Cormac McCarthy and Stephen King. And I'm talking Child of God/Blood Meridian McCarthy.
Essentially, a boy is growing up in a family where they abduct, murder, and eat young women. That's the gist of it. I think what makes this special is that the main character is having a sort of coming-of-age moment and starts to really wonder if his life could be different. At the same time, he's living with a mother and father who are brutal at best and a brother who is a complete psychopath.
This book should come with a giant trigger warning. It talks about family abuse (all of it...sexual, physical, neglect, etc.), possible incest, murder, cannibalism, rape, etc. I think the author does a good job of showing what is happening when necessary, but not diving into the details at times in a perverted of navel-gazing way. All of it serves to inform who these people are and why they do what they do.
And the end. Good grief. What an ending.
Essentially, a boy is growing up in a family where they abduct, murder, and eat young women. That's the gist of it. I think what makes this special is that the main character is having a sort of coming-of-age moment and starts to really wonder if his life could be different. At the same time, he's living with a mother and father who are brutal at best and a brother who is a complete psychopath.
This book should come with a giant trigger warning. It talks about family abuse (all of it...sexual, physical, neglect, etc.), possible incest, murder, cannibalism, rape, etc. I think the author does a good job of showing what is happening when necessary, but not diving into the details at times in a perverted of navel-gazing way. All of it serves to inform who these people are and why they do what they do.
And the end. Good grief. What an ending.