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Gone to See the River Man by Kristopher Triana

18 reviews

ohlisaline's review against another edition

challenging dark tense 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

2.0

This book was really good starting off, I really enjoyed the short and well-paced chapters, as well as the little flashbacks and snippets that broke the main plot up. 
I didn't know much about the book going into it and when some of the themes of this book emerged, I felt very put-off. But that's on me for not checking TW's. 

>SPOILER< Something that completely broke the tone of the novel for me, and felt borderline ridiculous, was the scene of Lori and Abby finally getting into the River Man's hut. The flaming footsteps, the pool of blood, the heavy metal guitar-playing old demon dude. It felt silly and didn't have an impact on me other than confusion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

sargasso_c's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Truly horrific but beautifully written. Worth a read if you can stomach it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Racism, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Suicide, Grief, Abortion, and Alcohol

nicesideburns'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

4.5

Wow. Just wow.

A serial killer fangirl assigned with a task to obtain a memorabilia and hand over to the river man. She brings her handicapped sister along and what happens unfolds to a series of nightmares.

Over time your opinion of Lori changes and you truly see why she and Edmund connected so well. The way things unfolded still lingers in my mind especially near the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Incest, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Rape

Edmund's crimes are extremely racially motivated towards Asian woman from depolarable language to the acts itself that is later touched on.

bowlingforboots's review against another edition

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Child abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Death, Violence, Grief, and Murder

marc3lin3's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-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

4.0

horrifying.
i had to take SO many breaks throughout this book.

the fact that lori feels no remorse and convinced herself shes the victim repulses me. abby didnt deserve to die (twice, no less). im not saying she deserved to die by edmund, but she deserved some type of death. killed her sister twice, had a victim complex, extreme obsession with killers, groomed/coerced/and raped her younger brother. not to mention shes continuously selfish and thinks edmund wont kill her treat her like shit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Incest, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

zea_d_writing's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I cannot recommend this book to anyone. Check trigger warnings and definitely do your research before deciding whether or not to read this book. 

I went into this knowing it was an extreme horror novel: which means I knew that its sole purpose was to be horrific, vile, disgusting, sick, revolting, shocking purely to be shocking, and potentially even offensive. I knew it would likely delve into taboo topics, as these kinds of books often do. 

And I wasn’t wrong. 

This book wasn’t actually as graphic as I expected. Don’t get me wrong…there are absolutely very graphic, very disturbing, sickening scenes and themes depicted in this book. It just wasn’t as over the top as I expected given what I had heard about this book. 
And I actually found the lore of this book really interesting and thought the storytelling itself was very effective. 

But this book is absolutely disgusting, sick, and offensive. 
I hated Lori, the main character. She’s vile in every way conceivable. Which is exactly how you’re supposed to feel about her - especially by the end. 

This book features pretty severe racism and the fetishization of Asian women. It uses slurs (g slur) and describes very graphic violence and SA towards these groups. There is also severe blatant ableism (both in how the disabled character is depicted and how the other characters treat, talk to, and talk about the disabled character. The r slur is used more than once…as well as other derogatory terms. 
The book features graphic incest and SA, murder, torture, dismemberment, violence and abuse, eating disorders, and a whole host of other triggers warnings. 

Its dark. Its graphic. Its offensive. Its sick.  I found the story itself weirdly interesting despite how twisted it was and the lore and worldbuilding were actually very intriguing. 

I’m giving this three stars because it did what it intended to do and at no point was anything written within treated like it was supposed to be anywhere near normal or moral or okay. Its an extreme horror novel and everything and everyone within was entirely fucked up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Incest, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

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

mynameisacolour's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

1.0

Vile.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail