Reviews tagging 'Violence'

What Moves the Dead, by T. Kingfisher

25 reviews

skalana's review

dark tense medium-paced

3.75

This book was a slow creep at first but by the end it was festering under my skin. However, I found it very predictable even though I’ve never read

Spoiler

Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher and didn’t know anything about it before reading What Moves the Dead. It’s probably because I’ve played The Last of Us.

The main character never seemed to have a clue what was happening, but I liked kan observations that provided comic relief. I also loved that the horse Hob was basically a character in the book. 

Tip: I would not recommend attempting to eat while reading unless you are trying to cut down your calorie intake.

Spoiler

I found myself particularly creeped out by the white hair filament things. On the last day that I was reading this the bright light of the afternoon sun was hitting the page at just the right angle, emphasizing the texture of the page itself. The dried white pulp of the wood that formed the page stood out in relief to the point that it partially obscured some of the printed words. That just creeped me out even more because it was as though the book itself was stuffed with the white filaments just like the hare’s lungs. And I was holding the book and touching the pages so now it’s in me too.

So I recommend reading the physical book over the digital for that extra creep factor 👌

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Violence

knightreads's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious 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

4.0

The audio book is nowhere near as good as the actual book. The narrator just fell flat, changed accents for one character half way through making a lovable character into a snooty one, and there was an air of condescending throughout. His American character was the best out of a mixed bag. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: War, Violence, and Animal death

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

sammirosewater's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Blood, Gore, Animal death, Death, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/injury detail, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Torture, Terminal illness, Violence, and Stalking

professor_jango's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Chronic illness, Medical content, Suicide, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Injury/injury detail, Medical trauma, Violence, and War

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, Violence, Injury/injury detail, and Body horror

etosaurus's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, Medical content, Mental illness, and Body horror

Moderate: Suicide, Murder, Confinement, and Eating disorder

kate_mare's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book is the definition of a perfect horror book. The plot coudve been predicted but it turned out to be even worse! The writer described the characters pain perfectly and described details in a perfect way. Definitly a 5 star read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Chronic illness, Murder, Animal death, Death, Medical trauma, Body horror, Violence, and War

Minor: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, and Addiction

kk_bonton's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Terminal illness, and Blood

Moderate: War, Medical content, Violence, Gore, Death, Suicide, Mental illness, and Gun violence

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: Body horror and Animal death

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

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

morganfiona's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This was the perfect horror book for me, not relying too much on triggering topics that are so pervasive in modern horror. I thought the set up of how pronouns were used was inventive and felt natural in the world of story. As a Beatrix Potter fan, I appreciated the nod to her mycological illustrations!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Body horror, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: War