Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

45 reviews

softanimal's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Alcohol, and Animal death

Moderate: Xenophobia, Gun violence, War, and Grief

Minor: Sexism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Transphobia, and Vomit

jackie_marion's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Body horror

Minor: War and Transphobia

aetherkids's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: War

Minor: Transphobia

rabidteddybear's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: War and Medical content

Minor: Transphobia

lct's review against another edition

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Terminal illness

Moderate: Medical content and War

Minor: Suicide and Transphobia

kathburke's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gore, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Grief and Murder

Minor: Suicide, Misogyny, Transphobia, Gun violence, and War

mishmoshroom's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Alcohol, Death, Body horror, Blood, Gore, and Animal death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Terminal illness, and Grief

Minor: Transphobia and Vomit

blacksphinx's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Murder, Terminal illness, Medical content, Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, Alcohol, Gore, War, and Vomit

Minor: Transphobia, Sexism, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, and Xenophobia

Minor: Drowning

cowardlyteaman's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Ouch

Unfortunately, this did not hold up to my expectations.

First of all, I don't see the need for this fictional world that Kingfisher has created. She spends valuable pages explaining a world that isn't relevant to her story. That's not to say that I don't like it, but I wish she would've chosen one or the other—fantasy novel or a short horror story.
Because the mystery doesn't really start until the book is nearly done. I never really got the feeling of something ominous or even anticipation for what happened next. Well, that isn't entirely true. The part about the rabbits really intrigued me! But Kingfisher's writing style here seems too—rushed. She's moved on to the next point before she ever lets the last impression set in. I want more detail—insight into the characters.
Still, I like that she writes a non-binary character without writing an LGBT novel. I'm gay myself—I have nothing against them, but representation in genres that aren't LGBT is important, I think. Normalises it.

Another thing I'd like to mention, is that I personally didn't like at all the part where the fungus learns to talk and speaks through Madeleine and stuff. It was boring, really. Felt cliché and wasn't actually eerie in the least.

Well, as a whole, I just think the mystery and horror never struck me. I very rarely read horror at all, but I do love Poe's work, so this disappointed me deeply.

However! Not a bad book. As I said, there were parts that intrigued me, but I'd really expected more of this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol and Grief

Minor: Vomit, Transphobia, War, Misogyny, Sexism, and Suicide

atuin's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

A disturbing house of usher retelling. An excellent Erie mood and some body horror. The narrator did a great job. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Minor: Transphobia