Brother: A Novel

Brother: A Novel

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Beschreibung

From the bestselling horror author of Within These Walls and The Bird Eater comes a terrifying novel that follows a teenager determined to break from his family’s unconventional—and deeply disturbing—traditions.

Deep in the heart of Appalachia stands a crooked farmhouse miles from any road. The Morrows keep to themselves, and it’s served them well so far. When girls go missing off the side of the highway, the cops don’t knock on their door. Which is a good thing, seeing as to what’s buried in the Morrows’ backyard.

But nineteen-year-old Michael Morrow isn’t like the rest of his family. He doesn’t take pleasure in the screams that echo through the trees. Michael pines for normalcy, and he’s sure that someday he’ll see the world beyond West Virginia. When he meets Alice, a pretty girl working at a record shop in the small nearby town of Dahlia, he’s immediately smitten. For a moment, he nearly forgets about the monster he’s become. But his brother, Rebel, is all too eager to remind Michael of his place…
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4.5

Harter Stoff, Brutal, Blutig und mit einem Killer-Ende!

Es ist wahrlich kein leichter Stoff - „Brother“ von Ania Ahlborn. Anfangs war es für mich einfach nur ein guter Horror-Roman über eine Serienkiller-Familie. Brutal und blutig, aber vielleicht nichts besonderes… Aber dann zieht es einen mehr und mehr in seinen Bann. Es wird emotionaler, tiefschichtiger und geht einem richtig in die Eingeweide. Und wenn sich dann im letzten Drittel mehr und mehr Geheimnisse lüften und sich Zusammenhänge aufklären, trifft es einen ins Herz, haut einem in die Magengrube und lässt einen verstört zurück. Was für ein Ende mit Twist und Schrecken - hat mir sehr gefallen!

3

horror meets drama

das buch handelt von michael, der in einer familie von mördern und psychopathen aufwächst und von einem besseren leben träumt. ich habe sehr lange gebraucht, um in die geschichte zu kommen, habe es aber am ende nicht bereut. der schreibstil ist sehr gut und man baut stück für stück eine bindung zu michael auf. leider zieht sich die erste hälfte des buches und es gibt meiner meinung nach einige unwichtige passagen. aber ich hätte mir kein besseres ende vorstellen können, das diese tragische geschichte so gut abrundet. wahrscheinlich nichts für schwache nerven und eher drama, als thriller, aber dennoch ein solides buch.

horror meets drama
4

Brother by Ania Ahlborn has been rotting away on my tbr for a really long time and I regret that I didn’t read it earlier because it is really brilliant.  The Morrow's are a dysfunctional family of cannibalistic serial killers living in the Appalachians of West Virginia. They say blood is thicker than water. But in the case of the Morrow family, blood unites them and binds them as they enjoy the kidnapping and killing of young women.   In this crazy family, the mother is the most brutal one out of all of them. She enjoys the kill, the blood, the screams, and of course the torture. Wade, the father, is quiet and really seems to be taking orders most of the time. The older son Rebel is a complete psychopath. Misty, the daughter is really just trying to get through each day. They are all evil except for Michael. He always felt different from the rest of the Morrow clan and yearns to leave the family's psycho den after he meets Alice at the record store. Through flashbacks we learn more about what the early years were like for him and Rebel as well as the reason on why he is so different from the other Morrows. This book grabbed me on the first page and it was very hard to put it down. I was enjoying this brutal and bloody story when things took some unexpected twists. However, I didn't like the ending as it ended abruptly, leaving some things unfinished and left me with questions as to what happened to the characters. When done right it can be intriguing, but I just felt frustrated with this one. It seemed a bit lazy to end like that.

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The last 20% got me hooked but before that the story just dragged on. Rebs planning and how everything came together was interesting but everything else just felt like a filler.

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