Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

51 reviews

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Animal death, Death, Gore, Suicide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Transphobia, War, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, and Gun violence

Minor: Sexism, Misogyny, and Vomit

pvbobrien's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Animal death, and Body horror

Moderate: Medical content, Misogyny, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

Minor: Alcohol, Vomit, War, Transphobia, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

zghutcheson01's review against another edition

dark 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? No

5.0

This is an amazing short horror story that has enough humor to keep the story human without negating any of the horrors in it. All of the major characters are charming and there's nowhere that I really thought the characters were being stupid for the sake of the novel. There's a good bit of body horror but also some moral dilemmas about the alienness of something.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Animal death, Body horror, Blood, Death, Medical content, Murder, Gore, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide, Transphobia, and War

vanesst's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Body horror

Minor: Alcohol, Murder, Suicide, Transphobia, and War

lavenderzoey's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Body horror

Moderate: Suicide, War, and Misogyny

Minor: Transphobia

kuri's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

T. Kingfisher is one of the only authors that can make me feel uneasy... and make me want to clean my whole apartment with alcohol from top to bottom 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: War and Alcohol

Minor: Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Sexism, Transphobia, Violence, and Suicide

naomi_k's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Mental illness, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: War and Transphobia

notthatlibrarian's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Animal death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide and Transphobia

bibliophage_teamage's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

Kingfisher sparks the Gothic genre anew here. It glows like an algae on the page, illuminating the imagination with spindly webs. I devoured this book, and my only criticism is that there isn’t more. Easton in this novella is a fully fleshed out character, and the edit to make kan (a soldier pronoun) Gender Queer. It was a wonderful surprise and brilliantly executed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Body horror

Moderate: Xenophobia, Sexism, Self harm, and Suicide

Minor: Transphobia

melaniereadsbooks'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? No

5.0

Thank you to Netgalley and Tor for an e-arc and alc of this one!

When Alex gets a message from kan childhood friend Madeline Usher that she is dying, kan heads to the decaying Usher estate to do what kan can. But there is a lot more going on at the estate than Alex realizes, and with the help of Denton--Roderick Usher's American Doctor friend--and a local mycologist, Alex is able to solve the secrets of Usher--but not without casualties.

This is a fantasy "Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe retelling.  When I read that, and that the  protagonist was nonbinary--I instantly knew I had to read this book. I was not disappointed! Alex is such an interesting character and I loved the descriptions of Gallacian pronouns and what it meant to be a sworn soldier as well as the work kan goes through to find out what is happening at the estate. I also really love that there wasn't any romance at all in this story!

I love the atmospheric and creepy gothic mode that Kingfisher was able to establish throughout this book and how well it matches with the source material, while at the same time bringing something entirely new to the story.  The discussions of mushrooms and descriptions of unnatural hares and everything else that went along with it made this book delightfully creepy and everything I was looking for!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Terminal illness, and Death

Minor: Transphobia, Suicide, and Misogyny