Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

98 reviews

leeghlee's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: War, Grief, Gun violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Confinement and Misogyny

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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

4.5

Loved the narrator of this one, added such fun and levity to the dark, gothic goings on at the House of Usher. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Medical content, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Religious bigotry

bookboxbabe's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

i mean, it’s alright i guess. 

i wasn’t spooked or anything but i had no idea it was a retelling of edgar allan poe when i picked it up, which is on me i admit (i don’t like eap)

regardless, the book was boring. 

not bad, not good, just blah. it was quick which is why i finished it in one sitting, but i just didn’t care about anything that happened.

Spoiler

and fungus? really? alright then, i guess that’s the hill we’re dying on.

the only character i hoped lived and that i actually liked was hob. yes, the horse. he was the only good person in here.

this would work well as a short film or movie i think. the vibes were there and it would’ve been more eerie and creepy in film form.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Body horror, Animal death, and Death

Moderate: Suicide, Murder, Sexism, and Medical content

anastasiamakes's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This is definitely more on the horror-end of Kingfisher's work (which it doesn't pretend not to be!) and I just found some of the body horror a bit much for me. Not an issue with the book itself, just not for me. Still had the balance of darkness and humour that I've enjoyed in her other works.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness and Death

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Suicide, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

hobbit_at_heart's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Animal death

Moderate: Medical content, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, War, Murder, Suicide, and Alcohol

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Medical trauma

warlockdorian's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Medical content, Vomit, Body horror, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Murder, and Suicide

biwi's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

unexpectedly funny but still Edgar Allen Poe adjacent. Anything fungi related is an instant read for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Animal death, Body horror, and Gore

Moderate: Alcohol, Confinement, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicide

readerette's review

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

I didn't read the description of the book before reading, just added it to my library list on a friend's suggestion, so when it turned out to be an alternate take on classic Poe I was delighted. I think it would have felt less creepy to me if I weren't familiar with the original story, but it would still have been worth reading. Perhaps a little too much history on the region Easton comes from, but I appreciated their nonbinary identity and how much they loved their horse. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Animal death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

ruthiedr89's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness and Misogyny

remuslibrary's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Alcohol, Animal death, Death, Medical content, and Murder

Moderate: War

Minor: Sexism and Fire/Fire injury