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All the Dead Lie Down by Kyrie McCauley

10 reviews

thewoodlandbookshelf's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Stalking, Grief, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Panic attacks/disorders

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Medical content, Car accident, Body horror, Grief, Toxic relationship, Child death, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Alcohol, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Death, Gore, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Vomit

blackthornfaery's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Alcohol and Vomit

two instances of cruelty towards cats leading to cat death

allisonsmith120's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Grief, Animal death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Stalking and Vomit

concon95's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I've been in a reading rut and this sparked my joy again. I absolutely love the haunting feeling every chapter brings. It feels like a lovely mix of Netflix show "haunting of bly manor" and Erin A Craig's book "House of salt and sorrow" but with its own twists and turns. Perfect book to get into the spooky vibes!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Animal death, Death, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Stalking

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

bookish_paws's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Death, Animal death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Mental illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Violence and Stalking

marlellow's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Animal death, and Blood

sophieamreacher's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

Really fantastic YA gothic horror. Captivating setting, interesting characters and relationship between them, intense mystery that revealed itself. Subplot of sapphic romance. 

Only thing I wished more of was more scene building to really bring the gothic horror of the house together. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, Vomit, Blood, Violence, and Sexual content

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

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

3.0

Overall, I liked All the Dead Lie Down. The story itself was intriguing & the tone was consistent. I liked the gothic atmosphere and feel of the story. I felt it was a bit on the slow side so I found myself getting distracted and having to go back and listen again. The narrator (Jeanne Syquia) was great. The twists alone were worth the read.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Classism and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Stalking and Vomit

enchantressreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

“Maybe memory was a kind of haunting in itself.”

All the Dead Lie Down is the gothic haunting story I didn’t know I was missing. 

Marin Blythe has recently lost her mother, the only person she really had. After living a life of constantly moving, she has the chance to settle down at Lovelace House in coastal Maine, owned by Alice Lovelace, an acclaimed horror author. Alice is not some random woman, however; Marin’s mother Cordelia and Alice actually grew up together. Marin, anxious to a fault, tries to use this to keep a connection to her mother. 

Alice’s two youngest girls, Wren and Thea, keep Marin on her toes with seemingly harmless pranks. Soon, the eldest daughter, Evie, comes home, and things move more into scary territory. Not only does the house seem haunted, but the very land itself. Marin sees some things she can’t explain, and doesn’t want to explain. As she grows closer to Evie, Marin has to face her fears in order to stay with this ethereal girl she’s grown fond of.

I originally requested this book because of the cover, but as soon as I read it was being marketed as similar to The Haunting of Bly Manor, I knew I would enjoy it. I didn’t realize it was YA at first, and while I have no issue with YA, I feel it could have gone a little further had it been adult. It still doesn’t shy from the horror, though. Be aware, this book contains a lot of animal death. If you’re squeamish, I would maybe sit this one out. 

Thank you to NetGalley and Katherine Tegen Books for the chance to read this advanced review copy. I look forward to reading more Kyrie McCauley in the future. 

CW for death, animal death, animal cruelty, death of parent, blood, gore, body horror, panic attacks, mental illness/anxiety, stalking, and emotional abuse

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, Animal death, and Gore

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal cruelty, and Death of parent

Minor: Stalking and Emotional abuse