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A review by coca_reads
What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
This was very strange.
T. Kingfisher offers up a retelling of "The Fall of the House of Usher".
Alex Easton, a Gallacian military officer, has come to the home of their friends, Maddy and Roderick Usher, after receiving a letter that spoke of illness.
Once there, on the edge of a strange, murky, tarn it's clear that something more sinister a simple illness is going on.
The kind of horror used here is, I think, body horror. I don't get creeped out by horror much but this book made me itch.
The setting is isolated and foreboding, and the characters are likeable and at times a little silly. The plot moves along at a decent pace.
Overall, I dont really know if I liked this or not, or if it just unsettled me (which is what it was supposed to do).
T. Kingfisher offers up a retelling of "The Fall of the House of Usher".
Alex Easton, a Gallacian military officer, has come to the home of their friends, Maddy and Roderick Usher, after receiving a letter that spoke of illness.
Once there, on the edge of a strange, murky, tarn it's clear that something more sinister a simple illness is going on.
The kind of horror used here is, I think, body horror. I don't get creeped out by horror much but this book made me itch.
The setting is isolated and foreboding, and the characters are likeable and at times a little silly. The plot moves along at a decent pace.
Overall, I dont really know if I liked this or not, or if it just unsettled me (which is what it was supposed to do).