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What Moves The Dead by T. Kingfisher

147 reviews

mo345's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Misogyny, Grief, and War

Minor: Confinement and Fire/Fire injury

karatics's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide

vixenreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

4.75

A marvellous retelling of “The Fall of the House of Usher” with a twist on gender and the destructive aspect of nature upon the human body, this is one of the most spooky books I have read this year. I will never look at hares the same way again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Cursing, Drug use, and Death of parent

Beware of strangulation, possession by parasitic fungus, fungi and mold, deterioration of property mirroring deterioration of the human body, infection, and drowning in pools of water.

linblythe_pub22's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

achay91's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide

thehappyprince's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

remimicha's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

marshiereads's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

I would really recommend reading the fall of the house of the ushers or the Wikipedia page for it before reading this book so that way it makes sense! I stopped about 25% of the way through and had a much better go of it after doing so! I really liked it! I listened in audiobook format and the narrator did a great job! The pace was slow in the right spots and fast in the same way. Overall an enjoyable Novella if you like horror!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Grief, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

bookishfaye's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.75/5

T. Kingfisher could write “The Fall of the House of Usher,” but Edgar Allan Poe could never write “What Moves the Dead”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Suicide, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

cady_sass's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? It's complicated

4.5

Wow, this is not what I expected at all! It’s really short but really effective. Gross and weird and spooky and all the right things. I can’t give it a full 5 stars because I don’t care for the ambiguous ending, but I can’t be more specific because the book is so short and everything would be a spoiler. Secondarily I don’t really understand the purpose of creating new pronouns (va/van) because it was NOT explained properly and made it difficult to follow as they used them sporadically. Otherwise, love it. And I’m a sucker for a great cover. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Suicide, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Drowning, supernatural