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What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

49 reviews

vickybuka'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: Death, Terminal illness, Gore, Medical content, Violence, and Animal death

Moderate: Alcohol, Suicide, War, and Death

Minor: Gun violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

avacadosocks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, and Animal death

Moderate: Violence and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: War

kshertz's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-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

4.0

This was equal parts terrifying,   Brilliant, and emotional. How it’s all packed into this tiny book is a mystery. Is there anything T. Kingfisher can’t do? Amazing. I don’t even like horror but this horror has purpose and excellent execution. You get attached to characters and the spooky horror and everything happening around the setting end up making sense in the most fascinating way. Definitely worth a read!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Blood, Death, Violence, Body horror, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

katewutz's review

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

…whoa.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Terminal illness, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Mental illness, and Medical content

Minor: War and Violence

lipstickitotheman's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-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? Yes

4.0

Solid horror, very creepy, super cool universe--love how the main character's culture has a distinctly gendered soldier class that many readers would classify as non-binary. Also one of the only books I've read with a character with tinnitus, whose disability was well integrated in the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Chronic illness, Body horror, Confinement, Grief, and Medical content

Minor: Death of parent, Suicide, Ableism, Classism, Self harm, War, Pandemic/Epidemic, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Vomit

vixenreader's review

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

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

Minor: Drug use, Cursing, 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.

gardens_and_dragons's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

3.5

I found this a very fascinating book overall about the horrors of fungi and death. Well, it wasn’t exactly fast paced, there was a good sense of dread everything page that kept me going.

Also, I really enjoyed the use of you, pronouns in the book because it ties into the plot in a very unexpected way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Animal death

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Transphobia and War

linblythe_pub22's review

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, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and Death

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

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