Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

132 reviews

adragoninspace's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Medical trauma, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicide

gondorgirl's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

mothmania's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, and Alcohol

orasmis's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Murder, and War

Moderate: Animal death and Suicide

Minor: Mental illness and Alcohol

aparker89's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Biphobia, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

hedsek's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted medium-paced

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

1.75

I really wanted to like this but I couldn't with the writing style. Why is the main character so annoyingly aware of the (modern) reader? It feels very anachronistic and kind of took me out of the book a few times. I also really did not enjoy the snarky dialogue and all the random stereotyping about different nationalities, which is like 1/3 of the dialogue. There's also a few times where it is super clear what we're supposed to figure out as the reader but the author still pretends it's mysterious only to drop it at the end of a chapter like it's some huge plottwist, especially

the thing with Madeline walking like the hare

. I'll be reading the original story as well, the book did get me curious. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Terminal illness, Medical content, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, and War

natspat98's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Gore and Suicide

skranz's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Terminal illness

Moderate: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Alcohol

livetgjennomb_ker's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

4.0

This made me have a visceral reaction while I was reading in public. I love it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Gore

Moderate: Body horror and Alcohol

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