Reviews tagging 'Grief'

What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

87 reviews

bookishfaye's review against another edition

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

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

ezismythical's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Gore, Murder, Animal death, Body horror, and Grief

rowans_revenge's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Kingfisher once again writes a compelling and exciting story that hold me in a vice grip even after closing the back cover and putting it back on my shelf. The artful avoidance of cliches and intense imagery made me want to peel apart my skin <and check for signs of mold>.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Gore

Moderate: Grief

nyssa_jo's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcohol and Grief

Minor: Vomit and Suicide attempt

charla_t'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Grief, Murder, Medical content, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Terminal illness, War, Gore, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicide

marthadude's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

I really liked this retelling. I think it was an interesting exploration of the original story. The mystery aspect was kind of easy to guess but I didn’t mind that.  It was cool to see the characters figure out what you’ve already put together. I really thought that the way the mysterious aspects of the original were explained was also cool. However I thought the ending was a little anticlimactic and rushed. Overall it was a good short read I’d recommend 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Grief, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Body horror, Death, Alcohol, and Terminal illness

Minor: Mental illness, War, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

kimberlyswalters's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide

Moderate: Gore, Alcohol, Terminal illness, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Chronic illness, Medical content, Murder, and War

Minor: Grief

nyssa_jo's review against another edition

dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness and Death

Moderate: Animal death and Transphobia

Minor: War, Murder, Vomit, Body horror, Grief, Alcohol, and Suicide