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What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

104 reviews

thegezzell's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

5.0

T. Kingfisher brings gothic horror to a new generation in this retelling of The Fall of the House of Usher.

I strapped in for 5 audiobook hours and found myself listening to Avi Roque (squeal) narrate this macabre tale set in one of those little European countries writers like to invent. You may suspect the source of the Usher's madness early on, but even so I was pleasantly surprised and thrilled to the last page. 

Excellently paced, perfectly dark, expertly treated. Cannot wait for book two next spring.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Murder, and Alcohol

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

thehappyprince's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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: Death, Chronic illness, Body horror, Mental illness, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

remimicha's review against another edition

dark 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Pandemic/Epidemic, Medical trauma, Medical content, Grief, Death, Chronic illness, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, War, Violence, Body horror, and Alcohol

cady_sass's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Wow, this is not what I expected at all! It’s really short but really effective. Gross and weird and spooky and all the right things. I can’t give it a full 5 stars because I don’t care for the ambiguous ending, but I can’t be more specific because the book is so short and everything would be a spoiler. Secondarily I don’t really understand the purpose of creating new pronouns (va/van) because it was NOT explained properly and made it difficult to follow as they used them sporadically. Otherwise, love it. And I’m a sucker for a great cover. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Murder, Animal cruelty, Body horror, and Injury/Injury detail

Drowning, supernatural

alicefaye_'s review against another edition

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

b0gd0g's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Animal death, and Body horror

Moderate: Terminal illness, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, and Murder

Minor: War

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

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

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic

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

‘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