Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Gone to See the River Man by Kristopher Triana

11 reviews

a_novel_craving's review

dark sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Gore, Incest, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

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

ryoung23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Another one of those wtf did I just read. It's messed up and graphic, which seems to be right up my alley here lately. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

LOTS of trigger warnings

readingbyte's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Incest, Rape, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Blood

readingwithbritney's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Hate crime, Incest, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, and Murder

ashofadummy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.25

OMG i loved this book! Its disgusting in the best way possible, and i loved how it blenda fantasy and reality? horror, i thought it would be more of a creepy supernatural being in the woods kind of book but it wasnt i loved that. The ending is fitting but kinda lame, I think that after everything that happened it was a little bit hurried/didnt get the amount of words it deserved? i would loved it if it. was a lottle more detailed.

I loved how yo start fellong pity for Lori and her sad lofe, thinking that maybe this thing for serial killers is just a way to spark her boring life, and wanting the best for her in this creepy situation she got into, but when you start to learn about her past you just want the river man to tear her apart. I think it was a perfect way to pass the book, i hate when horror books just take innocents lives to shock you more. /

Overall i think it was a good read to get our of a reading slump but the werinig, althought beatiful at parted, needed to be better at some points, specially develpment-wise. I loved the idea of intercalating present, past and the letters but theres something in how this is written that makes me go ehhhh.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War

zeegy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.75

Enjoyed the way the mystery was revealed in short bursts, you think you know what it'll be and it'll throw you a curveball you hadn't even considered. By the end Lori truly got what she deserved.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

frscanth's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

oh man. crazy read, i finished it in a day because i just couldn't put it down. definitely like a trainwreck i couldn't look away from. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Incest, Rape, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Eating disorder and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

erica_reads_things's review against another edition

dark sad tense 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

3.5

For sure one of the better splatterpunk pieces I've read as far as the actual plot goes! I am newer to the genre but I enjoyed this one. Super great balance of horror elements and interesting plot. Didn't love how graphic the SA scenes were - that's the only thing I could have done without, but it sure did accomplish the point of making it super uncomfortable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical content

waiyeed's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Rape, and Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt