Reviews tagging 'Grief'

What Moves the Dead, by T. Kingfisher

35 reviews

dreamowl24'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gore, Medical content, War, Terminal illness, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, Body horror, and Chronic illness

Minor: Suicide attempt and Suicide

miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

POSSIBLE SPOILERS

Spoiler

‘The dead may walk, but I will not walk among them.’

‘I do not delude myself that I have seen every way the human mind can

fail’

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Alcohol, and Death

ezismythical's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Animal death, Body horror, and Grief

rowans_revenge'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Kingfisher once again writes a compelling and exciting story that hold me in a vice grip even after closing the back cover and putting it back on my shelf. The artful avoidance of cliches and intense imagery made me want to peel apart my skin <and check for signs of mold>.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Gore

Moderate: Grief

nyssa_jo's review

dark mysterious medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Body horror, Animal death, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol and Grief

Minor: Vomit and Suicide attempt

charla_t's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Grief, Murder, Medical content, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Terminal illness, War, Gore, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicide

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, Grief, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Body horror, Death, Alcohol, and Terminal illness

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

kimberlyswalters's review

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, Injury/injury detail, and Suicide

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

Minor: Grief

nyssa_jo's review against another edition

dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness and Death

Moderate: Animal death and Transphobia

Minor: War, Murder, Vomit, Body horror, Grief, Alcohol, and Suicide

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