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What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

132 reviews

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

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

softanimal's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Gun violence, Xenophobia, Grief, and War

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

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

Moderate: Blood

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

bethann_coleates's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Suicide, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Blood, Alcohol, and War

vickybuka's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• 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, Death, Gore, Terminal illness, Violence, and Medical content

Moderate: Death, Suicide, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Gun violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

Loved the narrator of this one, added such fun and levity to the dark, gothic goings on at the House of Usher. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

bookboxbabe's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.0

i mean, it’s alright i guess. 

i wasn’t spooked or anything but i had no idea it was a retelling of edgar allan poe when i picked it up, which is on me i admit (i don’t like eap)

regardless, the book was boring. 

not bad, not good, just blah. it was quick which is why i finished it in one sitting, but i just didn’t care about anything that happened.

and fungus? really? alright then, i guess that’s the hill we’re dying on.

the only character i hoped lived and that i actually liked was hob. yes, the horse. he was the only good person in here.

this would work well as a short film or movie i think. the vibes were there and it would’ve been more eerie and creepy in film form.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexism, Suicide, Medical content, and Murder

anastasiamakes's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This is definitely more on the horror-end of Kingfisher's work (which it doesn't pretend not to be!) and I just found some of the body horror a bit much for me. Not an issue with the book itself, just not for me. Still had the balance of darkness and humour that I've enjoyed in her other works.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Terminal illness

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Suicide, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

hobbit_at_heart'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Chronic illness, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical content, Murder, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Medical trauma and Fire/Fire injury

biwi's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

unexpectedly funny but still Edgar Allen Poe adjacent. Anything fungi related is an instant read for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Gore, and Gun violence

Moderate: Confinement, Suicide, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol