Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

What Moves The Dead by T. Kingfisher

147 reviews

gonetohilo's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.75

The prose was a bit too simple, both for my tastes and for the mood it was trying to set.
It was descriptive enough, but very repetitive in a way that I could tell was trying to be a stylistic choice that unfortunately just fell flat. 
This may be a very personal gripe, but I think it did the book no favors that the prose read very modern which feels at odds with it being a story set in the 19th century. 
Luckily, once the pace picks up about a third of the way through, it gets less noticeable. It's still present, but the action and dialogue between characters were engaging enough for me to shift my focus a bit.
The ending read to me more as action/thriller than horror, but I did genuinely enjoy the imagery presented. Maybe the mood just wasn't set properly for me, but I still love the general concept and mechanics of the Usher's affliction. There was a lot of thought put into how things work in this world (maybe too much and overexplained?) It's a fine book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

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

Minor: Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

dizzyizzyy's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Suicide, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Transphobia and Vomit

winglesswarrior'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: War

kaylascoffeeplot's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Body horror

Moderate: Gore, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide

gondorgirl's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

bibble_kingly's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Medical trauma, Murder, and War

Minor: Transphobia

kiosir's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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: Animal death, Body horror, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Medical content and War

aparker89's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Biphobia, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

hedsek's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted medium-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? No

2.0

I really wanted to like this but I couldn't with the writing style. Why is the main character so annoyingly aware of the (modern) reader? It feels very anachronistic and kind of took me out of the book a few times. I also really did not enjoy the snarky dialogue and all the random stereotyping about different nationalities, which is like 1/3 of the dialogue. There's also a few times where it is super clear what we're supposed to figure out as the reader but the author still pretends it's mysterious only to drop it at the end of a chapter like it's some huge plottwist, especially

the thing with Madeline walking like the hare

. I'll be reading the original story as well, the book did get me curious. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Terminal illness, Medical content, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, and War

autonomous_lass's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty

Minor: Suicide