2.12k reviews for:

The River We Remember

William Kent Krueger

4.12 AVERAGE

soojin12548's review against another edition

4.0

emotional sad tense medium-paced

alfhauger's review

4.25

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

dana_w71's review

5.0

emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ellievergowehighlands's review

4.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

niko0029's review

4.75

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

maddydoyle's review

4.25

medium-paced

asomarriba's review

4.5

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

christymsp's review

3.0

mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

rpurdeson's review

3.75

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Minor: Child abuse, Sexual assault

atkamryn's review against another edition

3.5

dark reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Knowing that the highest praise I usually give to mystery books is "pretty good," I'd say this one was just "good." Some of the characters were a little too good IMO, as some of the build-up to drama never actually led to drama, and a lot of the metaphors came across as a little heavy-handed. The plot still had me wondering what was going to happen next, though, so I'd still generally recommend it to someone who wants to read a historical mystery. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault