Reviews tagging 'Grief'

What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

81 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

mr_cain's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Fascinating concepts.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Pandemic/Epidemic, Terminal illness, Gore, Blood, Murder, Body horror, Animal death, Death, Chronic illness, and Grief

Moderate: Blood

Minor: War, Misogyny, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Confinement

rxanne5's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

My sibling suggested this book to me as it is pretty short. 

It was definitely short. I am still working on my language level English, so there were some parts that were hard for me to get through. I would almost say the first half of the book is a bit boring. But the end is in my opinion definitely a great ending. The second half was great and I could really feel the curiosity and adrenaline run through my body. I remember being weirded out at the end (not sure if it was in a bad way or not). 

If you're thinking of reading this, I would definitely give it a shot. It's fun to have read..

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Animal death, and Grief

annaonthepage's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

I love the characters, particularly the narrator, of this brilliant novella that expands on The Fall of the House of Usher. It's sublime, grotesque, full of heart, progressive, thrilling and chilling. Brilliantly told. Brilliantly read on the audiobook. A firm favourite.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Gore

Moderate: Grief

Minor: War

leeghlee's review against another edition

dark 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Body horror, Gore, and Suicide

Moderate: War, Grief, Gun violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Confinement and Misogyny

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

Loved the narrator of this one, added such fun and levity to the dark, gothic goings on at the House of Usher. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Medical content, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Religious bigotry

warlockdorian's review

dark mysterious 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Medical content, Vomit, Body horror, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Murder, and Suicide

readerette's review against another edition

dark funny 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

4.25

I didn't read the description of the book before reading, just added it to my library list on a friend's suggestion, so when it turned out to be an alternate take on classic Poe I was delighted. I think it would have felt less creepy to me if I weren't familiar with the original story, but it would still have been worth reading. Perhaps a little too much history on the region Easton comes from, but I appreciated their nonbinary identity and how much they loved their horse. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Animal death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

ruthiedr89's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness and Misogyny

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