Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Gone to See the River Man by Kristopher Triana

45 reviews

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

mblanke's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Death, and Suicide

poptartsandhotfarts's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.0

Not what I would call the intense end of extreme horror (violence not the focus) but this addresses serious taboos and poetically describes extreme violence which may not be to everyone’s taste.
Although the reader may see where this is going, do not dnf as there’s more surprises to come with some truly original concepts; the author takes certain tries and makes them their own. This is a brilliantly written book that manages to deal with very dark matters and pulls it off completely.
This author can really write; the language in places would do Blackwood proud. Seriously impressed and would highly recommend to lovers of the macabre.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Incest, and Toxic friendship

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

lilmissoddity's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-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

1.5

This was some seriously sick shit and I don’t mean sick in a good or cool way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Child death, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Incest, Murder, Racial slurs, and Rape

nicesideburns's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Wow. Just wow.

A serial killer fangirl assigned with a task to obtain a memorabilia and hand over to the river man. She brings her handicapped sister along and what happens unfolds to a series of nightmares.

Over time your opinion of Lori changes and you truly see why she and Edmund connected so well. The way things unfolded still lingers in my mind especially near the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Racial slurs, Violence, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Self harm, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Rape

Edmund's crimes are extremely racially motivated towards Asian woman from depolarable language to the acts itself that is later touched on.

goreimm's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Ableism, Blood, Body horror, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Self harm, Murder, Incest, Emotional abuse, and Eating disorder

alexis1415's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, and Incest

Moderate: Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Racism, and Child death

readingbyte's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Murder, Violence, Gore, Child death, and Rape

Moderate: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Incest, Ableism, Rape, Suicide, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Torture, Body horror, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Pedophilia, and Suicidal thoughts

petethecatsdad's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

I don't really know what to say. I did enjoy it, but some parts were very disturbing, in a bad way. Overall, I did enjoy it, though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Rape, Gore, Sexual assault, Murder, Blood, Incest, and Violence

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Physical abuse

Minor: Eating disorder, Child abuse, and Child death