Book Review: Kristopher Triana's Gone To See The River Man | Violet Prynne
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ม.ค. 2025
- What's up horror fiends and book lovers?
Today I want to share with you my thoughts on Kristopher Triana's acclaimed release, Gone To See The River Man.
I tried to make this video as spoiler free as possible. These opinions are all my own, but feel free to discuss your own thoughts on this novel in the comments below!
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Humanity in this book is far more terrifying than the supernatural. Lori is ..... just WOW, wtf!
I spent the whole book muttering "wtf?" It's hard to wrap your mind around everything in this book! I really enjoyed it, it's so off the wall and unexpected, everything is unexpected.
Completely agree! This book is definitely a mind bender, but I am so happy I read it.
Really liked this one! When she goes for the key in the basement, that whole scene had me creeped the eff out. Great review!
That scene was amazing!!! And so truly disgusting lol
That's the part I'm at right now, when she realizes what "chest" the key is in. Yack 😝
@@Redundant_underscore iT'S SO GROSS HAHAHA
Just finished this book after a TH-cam recommendation... Wow. A tough read in places! I'm not great at reading, takes me ages to finish a book unless it's an audiobook.the fact it's short obviously helped but wow. I wasn't expecting what happened 😱
I guess I liked this book?? It's weird because I read it based on someone saying it's the most disturbing and awful thing they've ever read. It was short and curiosity got the best of me, like wanting to smell spoiled milk I jumped in. I was initially let down because it wasn't as trashy as I was expecting, the most disturbing parts really have nothing to do with the few scenes of violence and gore. In the end I found it well written and a tightly told story, one of the greatest depictions of a hateable character in such a short time.
Yeah, I also was recommended this book on a most disturbing list. While I've definitely read stuff that is way more disturbing, I still found this one unsettling, but really well written. The southern atmosphere was definitely my favorite part.
Okay, now I really need to read this. It had already been recommended before, several times, but I truly trust your opinions and assessment, so this is the nail on the coffin for sure!
I think you're really going to love it!
Did you read it?
This review made me so happy that I have just recently gotten a copy of this book. I will need to mentally prepare myself before I pick it up, but I can’t wait to dive in. Fantastic review!
Thank you! Yes, it's definitely one you need to be prepared for, but it's so worth it!
I loved this book! And yes, I had to do a double take when I wrote "loved" as it was such the opposite word that I would think would describe a story like this. I read this over Christmas and I am still feeling little whispers from it.
I am so glad you enjoyed it! You said it perfectly when talking about a character that you really rooted for and sympathized with and seemed to turn a page and just become so disgusted with them.
@Plagued by Visions I think you might like this story too!
Yeah, this book took me on a whirlwind of an emotional journey. I've truly never read anything like it before.
Stoked to read this one! Really glad that you enjoyed it, awesome review as always.
I must hear your thoughts on this when you finish! I think I'm reading Waif after I finish my current read, btw!
@@violetprynne I definitely will keep you updated! Oh awesome, I'm excited to hear what you think of it!
i started to read this last october then put it down so that I could finish a couple other reads, then never got back to it. I'm going to start it again next month. I am happy to hear no animal abuse. I can tolerate just about anything in a book except for that.
I would love to see a video recommending horror books with no animal abuse.
This book was so brutal and I loved it. Great review!
Thank you so much! Yeah this book was intense!
I just finished this book yesterday and I absolutely loved it. I do agree the change of tone for the book came out of nowhere. I had put the book down for a minute when I realized what I was reading. I genuinely did not see it coming.
Yeah, that midway twist completely blindsided me, but it made the book so much more interesting.
I bought this on kindle and started reading it on the commute to work. Then read on my break and as soon as I got home. Ended up finishing it that day, it had me hooked so bad! I loved the way the flashbacks developed both the backstory and the current part, and the reality giving way to surrealism was done very smoothly. Even with the disturbing content I thought it was fantastic and I look forward to reading more of his work.
going to start the audiobook very soon ( 30 ish minutes ) can't wait :)
I so agree with what you said about the end! It was predictable but it felt predestined by the events of the main character's quest
Currently reading his first published novel The Ruin Season and it is a great dark literary fiction
After hearing a lot about this book, I picked it up this week and finished it today. I really enjoyed it. I thought it was just so well written and captivating
This book sounds so intriguing. Great review.
Thank you!
Just finished, the ending really stuck with me the most.. good read !!
I always get conflicted about reviews like this lol on the one hand it sounds great and I am so curious and intrigued, but on the other hand, I am also not into extreme Horror and I worry about if I can handle it and some images could stick with you for a long time.
Yeah, I feel the same way. Extreme horror is usually not my cup of tea. This one definitely has some really disturbing moments that stuck with me, but it wasn't as bad as some other things I've read recently.
@@violetprynne good to know
-Well written
-good character development
-interesting story
Some of the content i didnt enjoy for obvious reasons sometimes more graphic and too much detail than necessary. But the writing was really top notch you really could see whst your reading, no surrealism no pretension. By page 2 i was hooked.
Okay this sounds really intriguing just added this to my tbr.
It's an amazing novel, but definitely a deeply disturbing one.
I liked it… it was far more tame than the reviews had me believe. I wish it had incorporated more occult magic but for what it was I did enjoy it. Scratched my weird itches.
Just started this book…and read more than half of it today alone. This is by far one of the most fucked up things I’ve ever read, up there with Stephen King’s Pet Sematary tier of fucked up reads. But I just can’t pull myself away.
Very good review as always Violet. Always appreciate your stuff.
Glad you're enjoying it! And yeah, this book takes such a dark turn halfway through and never lets up. But it's amazing.
Hi violet how do like your next Book what are you Reading
I finished listening to this audiobook today. I picked it based on your recommendation. The plot was definitely a twist. I personally don't enjoy media with that much SA, so I didn't really enjoy it. Well written, but the content is not for me.
It is definitely very extreme content. Triana is always tip toeing on the line of writing content that is too extreme for me, but I always like that his extreme scenes serve a purpose in his story telling and are never written for shock value. But he definitely needs trigger warnings on most of his work.
Can this be considered science fiction?
Sounds kinda fun .
It's definitely a creepy one.
I had to stop and re-read "the shift" I thought I missed something!
Yeah, that book really took a turn very quickly. I did NOT see it coming.
I loved it. The only thing I could imagine is how bad she must have smelled when she got to buzz’s house after doing that…
I absolutely loved the description of The River Man.
I recently found iceberg of forbidden literature and this book was on last level with others books filled with violence,torture etc
been on the worst reading slump. i hope i get out of that reading this:(
I hated this book. It was so far past believable when they started the flashbacks. Then the end was so over the top it was almost funny. Like campy comedy. I do not like this book. Too many problems. I can not believe so many people recommend it. There ya go.
Well books are subjective, so to each their own. I quite thoroughly enjoyed the unravelling of our main character and really loved the cosmic visuals of the River Man and the whole river journey. It's definitely a very unique book.
Just read this one. It was ok. I'm going to read exquisite corpse to see if that moves me more.
If not, I'm going to read some romance books lol
I can't bring myself to read Exquisite Corpse. I think it'll be way too intense for me tbh. But I hope you enjoy it!
@@violetprynne I decided to start reading The Fisherman by John Landan, and im liking the story so far. Have you read that one, and did you like it?
@@Derbauer I haven't read it yet, but it's on my list for sure!