19.6k reviews for:

What Moves the Dead

T. Kingfisher

3.91 AVERAGE

alberthe's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death

Moderate: War

Minor: Transphobia

saroee's review against another edition

3.0

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3.5 stars

nammii's review against another edition

3.5

fast-paced

local_hat's review against another edition

3.75

dark medium-paced

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Thanks, that's HORRIFYING

readykreherone's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

penumbral_lady's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

steph_oakes's review against another edition

4.0

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Most successful at being a gothic *mood.* I didn’t feel completely satisfied by the plot but T. Kingfisher is great at packing a fun, surprising story in a short amount of pages.

tanikon's review against another edition

3.0

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T Kingfisher has such a smooth and beautiful writing style! I feel like novellas are much harder for me to give 4-5 stars to because there's only so much you can do with like 150 pages, but I did enjoy this one. The concept of sworn soldiers was smoothly introduced, the camaraderie between the characters enjoyable by the end, the atmosphere was a nice slightly-creepy-but-not-too-much. Overall a pretty solid experience, just not something that really amazed me.

catbonati's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious 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

passion_shaffer's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated