Reviews tagging 'Grief'

What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

87 reviews

matcha_cat's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicide, War, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

affabletoaster's review against another edition

dark funny informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Well, this was a delightful and quick read! It expands on Poe’s work in the most satisfying ways, and with the wry humour and practicality that I love and look for in T. Kingfisher’s work. Easton is just the right kind of first-person narrator for this story — out of the way enough that you are immersed, but with enough of a personality that you get to sort of try it on. And in the author’s note she recommends two more books that I have now added to my TBR list (which I am clearly making no progress at shortening!) 

Took me about 2.5 hrs to read, which is shameful when you realize that I checked it out of the library twice because of my poor sitting-down-and-reading habits. Many thanks to my in-laws who watched my children while I devoured this at last!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Body horror, Animal death, and Suicide

Moderate: Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, and War

Minor: Misogyny, Grief, Gun violence, Transphobia, and Xenophobia

kshertz's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-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

4.0

This was equal parts terrifying,   Brilliant, and emotional. How it’s all packed into this tiny book is a mystery. Is there anything T. Kingfisher can’t do? Amazing. I don’t even like horror but this horror has purpose and excellent execution. You get attached to characters and the spooky horror and everything happening around the setting end up making sense in the most fascinating way. Definitely worth a read!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Blood, Death, Violence, Body horror, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

sunkissedcat's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Animal death

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, War, Grief, and Gore

Minor: Suicide and Murder

hwesta's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

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

4.5

I don't read a lot of horror, and the handful of times I have it hasn't done much for me even when I could tell the book was otherwise well written. I had to stop reading this book two or three times because I was so unsettled and needed to step away.

Very good book, I enjoyed the characters, I enjoyed the underpinnings of the horrible things, I never want to think about mushrooms or hares again

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicide, Murder, and Grief

Minor: Vomit, Sexism, and War

lipstickitotheman's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.0

Solid horror, very creepy, super cool universe--love how the main character's culture has a distinctly gendered soldier class that many readers would classify as non-binary. Also one of the only books I've read with a character with tinnitus, whose disability was well integrated in the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Chronic illness, Body horror, Confinement, Grief, and Medical content

Minor: Death of parent, Suicide, Ableism, Classism, Self harm, War, Pandemic/Epidemic, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Vomit

mo345's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Animal death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Terminal illness, Gore, and Medical content

Moderate: Misogyny, War, and Grief

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Confinement

jbird_reads'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Suicide and War

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

marshiereads's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

I would really recommend reading the fall of the house of the ushers or the Wikipedia page for it before reading this book so that way it makes sense! I stopped about 25% of the way through and had a much better go of it after doing so! I really liked it! I listened in audiobook format and the narrator did a great job! The pace was slow in the right spots and fast in the same way. Overall an enjoyable Novella if you like horror!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Animal death, War, Violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gore, and Murder