Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

141 reviews

vixenreader's review against another edition

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.

camelliagwerm's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

A very solid novella. I'm still not entirely sure T. Kingfisher's writing style lends itself particularly well to horror, but overall very solid and creepy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Animal death

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

ashlyndiane's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Terminal illness, Alcohol, and Mental illness

bunbobabe's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Terminal illness

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and War

bookishfaye's review

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.75/5

T. Kingfisher could write “The Fall of the House of Usher,” but Edgar Allan Poe could never write “What Moves the Dead”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Gore, Confinement, Death, Body horror, Grief, Mental illness, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

charlieeee's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Body horror

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal death, Suicide, and War

alicefaye_'s review

mysterious medium-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

2.0

This read very YA/middle grade, I'm not sure if that was the intention. The characters were very underdeveloped (but with so much potential!) and the plot had the slow start and abrupt ending that books aimed at younger readers often have. It was amusing and the images it conjures up were vivid and well thought out. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, and War

jokehelldo's review

dark funny mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Blood, Animal cruelty, Murder, and War

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

annact'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This book has it all... gender fuckery... sentient fungi...

So much fun. Imagery that will stick with me for awhile. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Medical content, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Vomit

crownoflaurel's review

dark mysterious tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Murder, Suicide, and Transphobia