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Gone to See the River Man by Kristopher Triana

111 reviews

theacousticfuneral's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

jilliant's review against another edition

challenging dark tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Gore, Violence, Vomit, Sexual content, and Rape

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

goldbs's review

challenging dark fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Gore, Rape, Murder, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Blood, Cursing, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Death, Mental illness, Violence, and Eating disorder

Minor: War

bookscellarhaunts's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

1.0

Trigger Warnings: sexual abuse,  depression,  suicide,  eating disorder,  murder,  incest, necrophilia, possession, and body mutilation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Blood, Body horror, Suicide, Rape, Murder, Child death, Death, Child abuse, and Incest

reader248_5's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

2.25

Don’t read it. It’s disgusting. The main plot in itself is fine, it’s the subplots. I almost threw up. Look, it’s a well written book, but not worth the read. However, the main character was wildly interesting to look at. Her thoughts are… interesting.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: War, Eating disorder, Torture, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, and Self harm

annet_xy's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Rape, Incest, Medical trauma, Murder, Pedophilia, and Child abuse

phoenixfire's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Violence, Sexual violence, Ableism, Murder, Death, Blood, and Incest

Moderate: Grief, Racial slurs, and Child death

ameliareadsstuff's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

I'm beginning to think this Lori lady might be messed up.

For as much horror as I've read, not a lot of it has been extreme or splatterpunk, of which Gone to See the River Man definitely is. It was an uncomfortable read, though still enjoyable in its own way, and it went in some directions I wasn't expecting from how it started. I thought Kristopher Triana did a good job escalating what was happening as the novel continued, reframing what we think we know and feel about the main characters and their situation. 

This is a big 'reader discretion is advised' book, if you couldn't tell from all the reviews being "5 stars—amazing, author is genius writer!" and "1 stars—garbage, author should be shot!". Still, it's a tricky one because exploring what is happened (and what has happened) was a strong part of the book for me that you'd lose if you knew too much going in. I'm glad I didn't read too much of the book's Goodreads description, since it gives the game away on whether

something supernatural is going to happen or not

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I wouldn't flippantly recommend this one, but if you like extreme horror, I'd keep it on your radar.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Death, Incest, Blood, Murder, and Sexual violence

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