Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

What Moves The Dead by T. Kingfisher

147 reviews

rachelunabridged's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

While I didn't feel like this book was on the same level as The Twisted Ones or The Hollow Places, I still really enjoyed it! I love Kingfisher's classic horror retellings. Her style is horrifying, but also witty and fun. Absolutely recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Minor: Sexism and Suicide

sourkiwi's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

A great short read! I purchased the physical copy because I loved the cover so much. As a fan of EAP, this is an awesome retelling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Suicide, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Alcohol

alliebliterary's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

catinseas's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Gore, and Medical content

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

marthadude's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I really liked this retelling. I think it was an interesting exploration of the original story. The mystery aspect was kind of easy to guess but I didn’t mind that.  It was cool to see the characters figure out what you’ve already put together. I really thought that the way the mysterious aspects of the original were explained was also cool. However I thought the ending was a little anticlimactic and rushed. Overall it was a good short read I’d recommend 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Terminal illness, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Mental illness, Medical content, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

kimberlyswalters's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Chronic illness, Gore, Terminal illness, Medical content, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Grief

ashley_elizabeth's review against another edition

dark tense

3.75

Very enjoyable, though unfortunately I just happened to read several other books within the past year (one only a couple months ago) that had a similar plot point, so it was missing some of the shine it might have had otherwise. I still appreciated this dark and creepy take on Poe, and I found Kingfisher's writing pleasant.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: War

soupsswagreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

sarah984's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

This novella is a retelling of Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher and follows the same broad strokes of that story's plot. This is a horror story and does have some creepy parts, but there's an overall cheerful tone to most of it that makes it a quick easy read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Body horror

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use, Misogyny, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, Vomit, and War

dogearedbooks's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: War