Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

131 reviews

godfrina's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I have never read Poe's original.
This retelling, however...if you weren't scared of the effects of mold in your walls, you will be thinking about it afterwards.
Atmospheric, gothic, fast-paced horror story! I'd recommend a read on a gloomy Saturday in November, get cosy, get creeped out!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

cranshrooms's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

I DEVOURED this book on a rare day off. Like an animal. And I [censored] loved it. I have loved EAP since I was 8, and this scratched an itch I didn't realize I still had. I loved how the author brought in a discussion of new pronouns, gave them valuable and compelling cultural context, and then also made it relevant to the horror!! Wow. Wow. Loved it. The writing style was very Poe meets Doyle meets 2015 Tumblr user and it was absolutely perfect. The science and horror melded perfectly. I'm going to be a freak about this book for some time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Eating disorder, Gore, Chronic illness, Animal death, Body horror, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, and Self harm

Minor: Terminal illness and Suicide

purplepenning's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

Ahh, T Kingfisher, inspiring me to read out of my comfort zone and into the world of classic haunted houses, creeping dread, and

zombifying fungi

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This *just* passes my personal Doctor Who/Star Trek measuring stick of tolerable horror (i.e., I can tolerate science fantasy stories that are as unsettling as the scariest episodes of those shows as long as they're also creative, interesting, thoughtful, contain endearing characters, etc.).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Self harm, Sexism, Alcohol, Grief, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, and Terminal illness

Minor: Animal death and Vomit

Body horror:

possession, zombie, undead

karthnemesis's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Dementia

Minor: Grief, Dysphoria, Gore, and Murder

m3lwar3's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Medical trauma, Chronic illness, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, and Suicide

Minor: Grief

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

star_charter152's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Alcohol, Body horror, Terminal illness, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Death, Grief, and Vomit

Minor: War

danimacuk's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Gore, Chronic illness, Alcohol, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

carolined314's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.0

A fungal house of Usher with the forlorn fading lady and suicidal maid, spiced up by a non-gender conforming solider.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Gun violence, and Death

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

moonyreadsbystarlight's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

5.0

This was so creepy, especially in the last half, I was so jumpy reading it. It was atmospheric, suspenseful, and grotesque. I also really enjoyed the MC and thought some of the secondary characters were quite quirky and charming

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicide, War, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Misogyny