Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Gone to See the River Man by Kristopher Triana

250 reviews

moondoe's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Incest, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Blood, Gore, and Murder

krisjesswall's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Incest, Murder, and Rape

arieslofi's review against another edition

dark funny tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Murder, Ableism, Rape, Incest, Gore, Death, and Eating disorder

rhythmixia's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

2.25

How was the River Man more likeable than Lori

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Ableism, Eating disorder, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Murder

perpetuallygreads's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I’ve never been more uncomfortable reading something in my entire life. I want to give it a five only for that but on a book platform I can’t because it simply is not. But this book wrecked me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Incest, Ableism, Medical trauma, and Death

Moderate: Eating disorder

nyquilcryptid's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

The novel-length version of that joke in Natural Born Killers. "Look bitch, you knew I was a snake." 
Absolutely mind the trigger warnings on this one, very explicit content ahead. But the writing is wonderful, and the story is so, so good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Incest, Rape, Racial slurs, Violence, Gore, Blood, Death, Murder, and Sexual assault

curlysushi's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

It’s an average horror story, the ending is way too predictable if you think about the role of each character. Could be better, not the absolute worst. It’s a good fast read, took me about 2 hours 

Personally, I’m  familiar with horror stories in movies and literature so this was just way too predictable. Content wise it’s pretty depraved, but it’s not the absolute craziest stuff IF you frequent this genre often. Character development is definitely present, so don’t listen to the reviews saying no. It’s simply not developing in the morally upstanding direction. Lori certainly changes, as well as Abby. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Incest, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault

lepurush's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I made the mistake of reading this book all in one sitting and it actually emotionally destroyed me for a while, I had to take a break from both reading and dark media. Though the topics are handled sensitively and discussed without glorification, it was still extremely sickening. 

The writing was amazing and the psychology of the characters was interesting too. I wish I’d read it across a few days but it was really gripping. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gaslighting, Incest, Murder, Sexual assault, Gore, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Child death, and Blood

cosmosdust's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Sexual violence, and Murder

unfranchisablereadr's review against another edition

4.0

Enjoyed the pacing of this. The MC’s relationship with the serial killer is the least concerning element. Intense story from start to finish. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Incest, Murder, Rape, Blood, Ableism, and Body horror