A review by skalana
What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

dark tense medium-paced

4.25

This book was a slow creep at first but by the end it was festering under my skin. However, I found it very predictable even though I’ve never read
Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher and didn’t know anything about it before reading What Moves the Dead. It’s probably because I’ve played The Last of Us.
The main character never seemed to have a clue what was happening, but I liked kan observations that provided comic relief. I also loved that the horse Hob was basically a character in the book. 

Tip: I would not recommend attempting to eat while reading unless you are trying to cut down your calorie intake.

I found myself particularly creeped out by the white hair filament things. On the last day that I was reading this the bright light of the afternoon sun was hitting the page at just the right angle, emphasizing the texture of the page itself. The dried white pulp of the wood that formed the page stood out in relief to the point that it partially obscured some of the printed words. That just creeped me out even more because it was as though the book itself was stuffed with the white filaments just like the hare’s lungs. And I was holding the book and touching the pages so now it’s in me too.

So I recommend reading the physical book over the digital for that extra creep factor 👌
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