Reviews tagging 'Grief'

What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

94 reviews

sunkissedcat's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Death

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

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

Moderate: Suicide, Grief, and Murder

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

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

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

Moderate: Misogyny, Grief, and War

Minor: Confinement and Fire/Fire injury

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, Death, Gore, 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: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

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

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: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Suicide, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, 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: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Chronic illness, Gore, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and War

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Suicide and Suicide attempt

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, Death, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol