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Gone to See the River Man by Kristopher Triana

111 reviews

booknerdnative's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Gore, Suicide, Medical trauma, Body horror, Blood, Incest, Ableism, Racism, Violence, Murder, Xenophobia, Sexual violence, Death, and Eating disorder

mothercoconuts's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

*I have no personal trauma and no “triggers” but this book has everything…..proceed with caution!!
My god. I am new to the horror genre and have read several categorized as such this year. But this book, THIS is horror. Truly. I finished this last week and can’t stop thinking about it. 
This tackles so much! The imagery is incredible, the gore is balanced, the story is so original, besides the obvious fantastical element it’s honestly quite logical, the writing is beautiful (beautifully gross, too) everything comes together perfectly at the end. 
Couldn’t give it anything but 5 stars. Just wow. I cringed so hard several times - readers on social media always rattle off books that messed them up or are insanely disturbing but this is the first one that checked those boxes for me! Wild wild wild. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Grief, Racism, Racial slurs, Blood, Child abuse, Mental illness, Death, Incest, Child death, Eating disorder, Gore, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: War

hitnoises's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

2.0

I was excited to read this but I was unfortunately let down. A very basic horror with surreal imagery and unnecessary, offensive stereotypes of disabled AND black characters. It wanted to be a lot better than it was. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, Sexual violence, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Chronic illness, Ableism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Death, and Torture

kenzielireads'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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Child abuse, Torture, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, Racism, Suicide, Child death, Rape, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Self harm, and Sexual assault

midnights's review against another edition

I really don’t even know if it’s possible for me to rate this. I spent this whole book feeling like I wanted to crawl out of my skin. Now that it’s over, I’m not even sure if I liked it. Just truly, truly grotesque and offensive to the senses. 

I did like the way it addresses the very real and extremely disturbing hero-like worship of serial killers that exists in our modern society in the wake of true crime’s rise. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Body horror, Sexual assault, Ableism, Blood, Incest, Murder, Rape, Sexual violence, and Violence

devin_raquel's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.25

Ok, so this book is a lot. It definitely not as violent or gore-filled as some of the other novels I read, but the emotional aspect to this books was tough for me to get around. 

I was really enjoying Lori’s character, and even empathizing with her and her over the top true crime obsession. But when the horrors she committed were finally revealed, I felt sick to my stomach with the thought of supporting her. Some of her sins are easy to spot, but others are just as shocking as they are dark. 

As for the overall story and plot, I loved it. I thought that Triana did an absolutely stunning job on this book. The amount of detail that he gets in, in such a short book is truly incredible. They way he describes the setting, making sure to include all five senses, makes the reader feel as if their traveling up the river too. 

If you like horror novels, you’ll like this book. If you like psychological thrillers or true crime, you’ll like this book. Make sure you check the trigger warnings before reading though!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Eating disorder, Incest, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Death

maggotea'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

2.25

ableism abounds in this novel. the racism, murder, and sexual assault are all viewed as negative, but the ableism is meant to make us sympathize with our main character. not the case for me, i would not recommend this one and will not be reading it again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Rape, Body horror, Torture, Violence, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicide, Ableism, Death of parent, Death, Medical trauma, Racism, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Eating disorder, Grief, Incest, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

emilunax's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Incest, Gore, Rape, Murder, and Violence

lillystahl's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Ableism, Child death, Eating disorder, Gore, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Death, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

d0nni3d's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-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

2.75

I am not easy to unsettle, so I guess the author did his job, the gore and the writting were good, but I personally find it difficult to enjoy a book when I don't like the main character and don't care what happens to them. Brutal and definitely not for everyone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Suicide, Incest, Rape, Toxic relationship, Murder, Ableism, Gaslighting, Gore, Sexual assault, and Violence