Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

48 reviews

meaghanelizabook's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Body horror, Terminal illness, and Mental illness

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Animal cruelty, and War

Minor: Suicide

p0tat0es_'s review

adventurous lighthearted mysterious relaxing slow-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

4.25

Definitely recommend it! Pretty short read but good overall, doesn't really pick up untill the end. It's a new and interesting interpretation of the classic "Fall of the house of Usher," if you like darker stories and a sense of mystery then this is definitely the book for you.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Gore and War

keiraonyxraven's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, and Body horror

Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty

curvybeautiful's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Grief, Animal cruelty, and Death

bibble_kingly's review

challenging dark sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Violence, Gore, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Chronic illness, Medical content, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, and Confinement

Moderate: Medical trauma, War, and Murder

Minor: Transphobia

bookishmillennial's review

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

disclaimer: I don’t really give starred reviews. I hope my reviews provide enough information to let you know if a book is for you or not. Find me here: https://linktr.ee/bookishmillennial 

This is an intriguing blend of horror, mystery, fantasy, gothic retelling/reimagining.  

This was a fascinating take on the Fall of the House of Usher, a story I find fully engrossing! The setting was eerie — Alex Easton (nonbinary MC) receives a letter that their friend Madeline Usher is dying, so they goes to be with her at the Usher manor. Alex is shocked to see the dire state of the home, and so are readers. The descriptive writing had me fully immersed in this creepy ass world😭 

I used they/them in my review but in the book, Kingfisher created new pronouns entirely in this world, with ka/kan, va/van, which I did appreciate and found very neat! 

I won’t give anything away but I’m averse to mushrooms after reading this hahaha. I’m the president of weenie hut jr. so please let me be 😂

cw: Suicide, Body horror, Fire, Animal death, Animal cruelty

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Body horror, Gore, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Fire/Fire injury

aparker89's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Death, Terminal illness, Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Grief, Alcoholism, Blood, Mental illness, and Misogyny

Moderate: War, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, Dementia, Self harm, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Biphobia, and Animal cruelty

autonomous_lass's review

dark emotional mysterious tense 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: Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Death, Gore, Terminal illness, Cursing, Animal death, and Blood

Moderate: Animal cruelty

Minor: Suicide

darkdahlia9's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Body horror, Death, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Minor: Suicide and Fire/Fire injury

dehernandez3169's review

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I LOVE that the main character is an AFAB masculine presenting person. And the use of non-standard or "neo" pronouns are *chef's kiss*. 

The story was gripping and well told. It was to the point and every word worked to further the story. 

Well done thriller overall! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Medical content