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The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher

14 reviews

aparker89's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Everyone knows that a hoarder's home is a nightmare in and of itself, but what if that hoard was hiding something even more devilish. When Mouse's grandmother finally passes away and her house needs to be dealt with, she doesn't know what to expect. She also doesn't know that there might just be monsters awaiting her arrival. Between reading her dementia addled grandfather's journal and dealing with a mountainous mess- what could possibly be worse. Well Mouse finds out... but thank goodness for hwr coonhound to keep her grounded through an adventure that can't quite be understood but definitely is a doozy! 

I still can't get over the fairy monsters in pure hillbilly fashion... they will be haunting my dreams for years to come!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Chronic illness, Death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, and Stalking

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racism, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Murder, Slavery, and Violence

traa's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Slavery, and Violence

Minor: Car accident

hathor140's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

Me gustó el ambiente que logró generar Kingfisher. Me perturbó en varias ocasiones y a estas alturas eso es todo lo que puedo pedir de un libro de terror. Me gustó que siempre que pensaba que ya había visto todas las cartas, la autora te introducía algo nuevo. Tiene esos momentos de comedia en la peor de las situaciones que me divierten mucho. Te engancha al toque y se lee rápido. 7,75/10

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Violence

kidprezident's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Body horror

trickphoenix's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Pregnancy, Violence, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, and Gaslighting

Minor: Xenophobia, Miscarriage, Kidnapping, Body horror, Alcohol, Murder, and Grief

queenie_ofthe_void's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

Idk it was good but I think it just wasn't my taste. I'm just getting in to reading horror so maybe I'm not used to it yet. Can't go wrong with a deer monster though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Body horror, and Violence

zachisreading's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

The Twisted Ones is a book that does a lot of things right. You'll find yourself propelled forward by the main character's wit into a curious mystery that becomes more and more strange the further in you go. The haunting refrain of her step grandfather's journal, from which the book takes it's name, will stick with you between readings. It is a hard book to put down, and even harder to stay away from.

Then, in the last handful of chapters, I felt the book fumbled the dismount. Too much was revealed too fast and too completely. Significant parts of the mystery wind up tossed to the curb in the fantastical reveals. The monsters wind up being too human, largely discarding the eldritch horror that fueled the book up to this point. The unknowable becomes known, at least in part, and that removes some of the terror. 

Still, it's not a book to be left unread. It's creeping horror is a lovely, well-crafted thing that could easily have felt dated if not for the protagonist's thoroughly modern voice. Plus, there's a dog. And everyone needs more dogs in their lives. Even fictional ones. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Infertility

Minor: Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Violence, Blood, Stalking, and Racism

megwilli's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Violence

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

thoseoldcrows23's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.0

This was my first outing with Kingfisher, and I think it was overall successful. The voice of the main character is really strong and initially gave me pause; However, I quickly grew to love Mouse and the friends that she made along the way and found myself deeply invested in the mystery of the twisted ones and the green book. The last 50 pages or so got a little weird, and it didn't totally stick the landing, but it's good enough that I could see myself rereading it, and I definitely will be reading more from Kingfisher in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Violence

Minor: Animal cruelty

dale1997's review against another edition

challenging dark funny 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, and Violence