A review by quietjenn
The Riverman by Aaron Starmer

5.0

4 1/2? I had quibbles and I'm just learning here that it's the first book of a trilogy, which sort of bums me out. Because I like kinda-weird-with-ambiguous-ending and I suppose a lot of that ambiguity is going to be dissipated with two more books. But, whatever. It's very strong and meaty and compelling and thorny and, yes, dark. But not in the way I expected it to be, so hooray for that. (I like being surprised and having my expectations subverted. It doesn't happen enough.)