Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Gone to See the River Man by Kristopher Triana

54 reviews

nunparasite's review against another edition

dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide

wutheringlows's review against another edition

dark fast-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Excrement, Murder, and Sexual harassment

elonn's review

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

chantheman's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Self harm, and Death of parent

kkalicky94's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

lunababybat's review

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

5.0

This was disturbing in the way banal evil is disturbing. While it has supernatural elements, the real evil in this story is the day-to-day atrocities anyone is capable of. It showcases how even rotten people do feel things, but can always find a way to justify their behaviors to themselves even if they can't to others. Even the River Man has a point; he doesn't make anyone do anything. Whatever they chose to do after meeting him was in them all along, and the journey to meet him is what really brings that negativity out. Someone has to have a bad seed in them to go searching for him in the first place. Not to get into spoilers, but the author has a way of making realistic characters and his writing fits the theme/setting of the story (except for his obsession with the word "sluiced", it felt out of place and a bit like a word of the day calendar prompt). When the big reveal of Lori's first taboo was about to play out, I actually felt my stomach drop. She starts out as s sympathetic character, but the more you learn about her, the more you understand that evil isn't just the serial killers that rip people open. I loved this, to the point I'm not sure I even want to read the sequel to preserve what this book gave me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

violargento's review

• Loveable characters? No

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, Incest, Rape, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Emotional abuse, Racism, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent

ronnir's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Ableism, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicide, Xenophobia, War, and Injury/Injury detail

aedoran08's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Rape, Stalking, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Eating disorder and Toxic relationship

racl's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

2.0

This book singlehandedly put me into a months long reading slump, but I persevere.

The writing style is good, but the content is gratuitous and leans towards shock horror than anything else. Not for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Incest, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Emotional abuse, and Violence

The incest in particular is more graphic than necessary and involves children, please be careful if this is a trigger