Reviews tagging 'Gore'

What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

203 reviews

miniingrid's review against another edition

dark funny informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Gore, Body horror, and Injury/Injury detail

shmabbyabby's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Interesting and well written but not really for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gore

pejms's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Dysphoria, Gore, Suicide, Alcohol, Terminal illness, Fire/Fire injury, and Medical content

Minor: Transphobia and War

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Gore, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Misogyny, Suicide, Animal death, Body horror, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Terminal illness, and Transphobia

aseel_reads's review against another edition

challenging funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

T. Kingfisher comes in clutch yet again. What a creepy and eerie story. I was in fact quiet scared while reading this. Still love mushrooms but now I'm a bit terrified of them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, War, Animal death, Alcohol, Death, Sexism, and Mental illness

Minor: Violence, Gun violence, Transphobia, and Vomit

persephonefoxx's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gore

Moderate: Murder and Animal death

Minor: War, Suicide, and Misogyny

itsemmaofc's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Gore

godfrina's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I have never read Poe's original.
This retelling, however...if you weren't scared of the effects of mold in your walls, you will be thinking about it afterwards.
Atmospheric, gothic, fast-paced horror story! I'd recommend a read on a gloomy Saturday in November, get cosy, get creeped out!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

lilaceous's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

characters - ⭐️

plot - ⭐️

engaging to read - ⭐️

would recommend - ⭐️

would read again - 

scared the shit out of me. i read the last 3/4 of the book in one sitting alone in the dark with a flashlight and i’ve never had such a visceral fear reaction to a book before (or even a movie). i highly, highly recommend if you like horror. and i recommend reading the poe short story after, too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, War, and Gore

carlyoc's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

4.5

Alex Easton is a nonbinary soldier (pronouns ka/kan) from a fictional country in Europe in the 19th century. Ka receives a letter from a sickly childhood friend Maddie and rides to visit her in her old family home, the House of Usher (yes this is a retelling of the classic gothic novel). Maddie looks like a corpse already and her brother Roderick is acting strangely. Easton must work with a knowledgeable fungus expert he met on the road, ka's trust manservant, and a doctor friend of the family to figure out what is making the siblings sick before it spreads to the rest of the household, or beyond. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore

Minor: Suicide

If parasites skeeve you out and you don't want to be skeeved, this is not the book for you.