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A review by megmro
What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
5.0
I thoroughly enjoyed this short retelling of Usher! The subject matter is mysterious, and eventually gruesome, but the early narrative proceeds with easy, sometimes comic, lightheartedness. It makes the book really fun to read. The creepy parts really send a chill.
A few scenes that will stay with me:
~"The hares here are uncanny. They don't move like hares." *SHUDDER* The descriptions of the hares and how they move around--sort of an army crawl from side to side-- is so totally unsettling. Bravo.
~THE SCENE WHERE THE HARES ARE ALL WATCHING HIM. *Silent Scream.*
~A couple of words/phrases that will haunt me until I mercifully die: "white tendrils," "fuzzy tongue," "Eas...ton...."
Also, the narrator had an interesting backstory as a genderless "sworn soldier." Pronouns are an interesting and important part of the story.
I would HIGHLY recommend this.
A few scenes that will stay with me:
~"The hares here are uncanny. They don't move like hares." *SHUDDER* The descriptions of the hares and how they move around--sort of an army crawl from side to side-- is so totally unsettling. Bravo.
~THE SCENE WHERE THE HARES ARE ALL WATCHING HIM. *Silent Scream.*
~A couple of words/phrases that will haunt me until I mercifully die: "white tendrils," "fuzzy tongue," "Eas...ton...."
Also, the narrator had an interesting backstory as a genderless "sworn soldier." Pronouns are an interesting and important part of the story.
I would HIGHLY recommend this.