Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Gone to See the River Man by Kristopher Triana

46 reviews

ohhthehorrors's review against another edition

dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Gore, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Violence, Body horror, Murder, Sexual content, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, and Sexual assault

brianna_moye's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Rape, Sexual content, and Violence

kostas's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

afelice's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I have always wondered why women seek the companionship of notorious murderers of the most depraved variety. Is it because they are hoping to “fix” them; to nurture them back to a productive member of society? Is it because they are gullible and easily manipulated and believe the prisoner when they say they they’re innocent? Is it because the woman is just as much of an awful person as the prisoner and, therefore, seeking a kindred spirit?

Well…”Gone to See the River Man” will give you some insight into this phenomena and more. You will feel one way as the characters are introduced, but as the characters continue their journey up the river, the layers start to peel away and reveal aspects of the main character that will leave you no choice to but to do a 180 on your original feelings about the character. 

The story is dark…very dark. And the topics explored can be triggering to some. It gets under your skin and makes you wonder what makes someone go so wrong to make them commit the most awful crimes, and what makes others “fall” for them. 

🚨🚨 I give this 4 stars and no more because I hate reading about things like sexual abuse and harm towards children. I know there’s context given in the story, but I can’t help but wonder if there was a less graphic way to get the point across about how disgusting of a person Lori is other than incest and sexual assault.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Incest

Moderate: Physical abuse

Minor: Eating disorder and Suicide

bookedaroundtheworld's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

This is one of the most fucked up books I’ve ever read. Please check trigger warnings

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Rape, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Death, Cursing, Child death, Body horror, Blood, and Ableism

whitelaceandstrange's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

Some people say the ending is not predictable but I say it becomes pretty obvious what's going to happen around the halfway mark. The main character also becomes more and more unlikable as the story goes on. Other than that, it's great. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Incest, Death, Eating disorder, and Sexual content