Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Gone to See the River Man by Kristopher Triana

49 reviews

thereadingdude's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Body horror, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Blood, Child death, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Self harm, Rape, Incest, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit

l3xi3's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Eating disorder, Incest, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Ableism, Blood, Gore, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Death, Racial slurs, Mental illness, Torture, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Violence, and Toxic relationship

missgrangerr's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

THIS BOOK! Easily one of the best books I have ever read. This is one that settles into your bones and will not let go. I will be thinking of this book for a long time. If you can handle strong trigger warning situations I would highly recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, Murder, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Death, Eating disorder, Torture, Child abuse, Cursing, Physical abuse, Child death, Sexual content, Blood, Body horror, Incest, Pedophilia, Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

mconroy9137's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Racism, Incest, Misogyny, Body horror, Child death, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Rape, Sexism, Murder, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Ableism, Body horror, and Eating disorder

Minor: Alcohol, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Vomit, Abortion, Domestic abuse, War, and Cursing

ohlisaline's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

This book was really good starting off, I really enjoyed the short and well-paced chapters, as well as the little flashbacks and snippets that broke the main plot up. 
I didn't know much about the book going into it and when some of the themes of this book emerged, I felt very put-off. But that's on me for not checking TW's. 

>SPOILER< Something that completely broke the tone of the novel for me, and felt borderline ridiculous, was the scene of Lori and Abby finally getting into the River Man's hut. The flaming footsteps, the pool of blood, the heavy metal guitar-playing old demon dude. It felt silly and didn't have an impact on me other than confusion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Ableism, Incest, Rape, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Death, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Suicide, Torture, Sexism, Cursing, Self harm, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Murder, Body horror, Child abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Racism, Terminal illness, Violence, Physical abuse, and Suicide attempt

sargasso_c's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Truly horrific but beautifully written. Worth a read if you can stomach it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Ableism, Body horror, Medical content, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, War, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Cursing, Racism, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Rape, Abortion, Alcohol, Grief, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide

yailbe's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

i don’t know what to do with this.

this was probably one of the most horrific things i’ve ever read, and i know that’s the point. some of it was incredible, some of it gave me pause, but i think overall it’s a horror story & it definitely hit the mark there — it horrified me.

it wasn’t nearly as scary as it was disturbing & just gross (please look into trigger warnings before reading!!!)

also the main character is delulu in a way i have never seen before, that’s for sure lol.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Eating disorder, Gore, Incest, Racial slurs, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Vomit, and Sexual assault

zombie_loves_books's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Ableism, Pedophilia, Violence, Rape, Blood, and Murder

ryoung23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Another one of those wtf did I just read. It's messed up and graphic, which seems to be right up my alley here lately. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Grief, Suicide, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

LOTS of trigger warnings

alexlouise97's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Gore, Incest, Torture, Blood, Child death, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Ableism, and Abandonment

Moderate: Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Cursing, Medical content, Physical abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders