Reviews tagging 'Grief'

What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

87 reviews

paigeyoungberg's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Murder, Body horror, Suicide, and Grief

rmgmorrow's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

A spectacular and spooky twist on a classic, with a wry vein of humor carrying through it all. Great world building, with just enough of the horror explained to make the remaining unknown extremely unsettling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Grief, Animal death, Dementia, Gore, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: War

whimsylee's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-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? No

5.0

Obsessed. The quick witted gender nonconforming protagonist is an absolute delight. I will happily venture into the unknown with kan again and again. The dark gothic fungi infested mysteries of this book broke a spell of artists block for me that had gone on for over 6 months. Highly recommend if you enjoy fungi, dead things, rotting houses, and gothic mysteries. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Body horror, Chronic illness, Gore, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, War, Suicide, Alcohol, Vomit, Terminal illness, Animal death, Suicide attempt, Dementia, and Eating disorder

the_vegan_bookworm's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Grief, and Animal death

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Suicide

biobeetle's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad 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: Gore, Medical content, Murder, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Grief

Minor: War, Xenophobia, and Eating disorder

wickedgrumpy's review

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

The pseudo fantastical nature was foreboding and creepy in a good way, but I'm not a big horror person so I mostly just wanted to get away from the sentient fungi.  I did read the short story it is based on which was predominantly vibes, and I liked this reinterpretation of it more than the original because the characters had much more depth.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol, Body horror, Confinement, Medical content, Mental illness, Slavery, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Classism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Sexism, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

softanimal's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Alcohol, and Animal death

Moderate: Xenophobia, Gun violence, War, and Grief

Minor: Sexism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Transphobia, and Vomit

mr_cain's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Fascinating concepts.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Pandemic/Epidemic, Terminal illness, Gore, Blood, Murder, Body horror, Animal death, Death, Chronic illness, and Grief

Moderate: Blood

Minor: War, Misogyny, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Confinement

rxanne5's review

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

My sibling suggested this book to me as it is pretty short. 

It was definitely short. I am still working on my language level English, so there were some parts that were hard for me to get through. I would almost say the first half of the book is a bit boring. But the end is in my opinion definitely a great ending. The second half was great and I could really feel the curiosity and adrenaline run through my body. I remember being weirded out at the end (not sure if it was in a bad way or not). 

If you're thinking of reading this, I would definitely give it a shot. It's fun to have read..

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Content Warnings

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

annaonthepage's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

I love the characters, particularly the narrator, of this brilliant novella that expands on The Fall of the House of Usher. It's sublime, grotesque, full of heart, progressive, thrilling and chilling. Brilliantly told. Brilliantly read on the audiobook. A firm favourite.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Gore

Moderate: Grief

Minor: War