Reviews - Gone to See the River Man

Gone to See the River Man by Kristopher Triana

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I can’t quite decide on a rating so I’m going with a 4.5. This book completely sucked me in once it got going. The writing is so engrossing I could picture every rock and stick along that river trip. I felt like there may have been a bit too much “set up” at the beginning, and the author could have taken a bit more of the novel to “flesh out” (pun intended) the meeting with The River Man and go even further with that character. All in all, I thought it was a fantastic read.

fistfulofwetwipes's review against another edition

1.0

Gross.

alondra_miller69's review against another edition

4.0

4 Stars

There are secrets that we all have. We reconcile and move forward. Some secrets are darker and more twisted than others. When you want those secrets to become the norm, you go see The River Man.

I admit, I threw up in the back of my mouth a couple of times. I wanted to finish this as quickly as I could

I do not recommend this book to anyone, except other readers of horror, splatterpunk.

Trigger Warning

Spoiler

Scenes of incest, sexual deviancy, sexual assault

karlofmain's review against another edition

2.0

My first “horror” novel I’ve read. The premise of an older woman writing a known violent serial killer and developing ideas of being some kind of chosen one was interesting. A brief view of psychology of women who became infatuated with prisoners, knowing the person they are communicating with has done something horrible. And as the story continues we learn how horrible Lori has been herself too and why her sister is disabled. I gave this a lower rating as I was hoping for a psychological thriller and was honestly a bit bored by it taking a supernatural route instead. It was well written and paced it’s just my personal dislike of supernatural horror that lead me to rate it lower.
Summary: Lori has been trading letters with convicted serial killer Edmund Cox. She things herself special to him especially when he tells her on a place the police never found. Lori sets out with her sister, to meet the river man. The actions of Lori’s past come to haunt her in the woods and river of Killen.