Reviews tagging 'Grief'

What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

101 reviews

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

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: Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Grief, and Murder

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

Moderate: Grief and Alcohol

Minor: Vomit and Suicide attempt