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What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

T. Kingfisher

Start date: February 1, 2024

Finish date: February 29, 2024

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Oct 27, 2023 Caroline rated it really liked it

I read this directly after "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe, and I'm quite impressed. I love how it fills in all the gaps from the original story and makes everything make sense. I especially liked the creepy hares and fish. Shudder!

On the minus side, I didn't really like the repitition in the narrator's thought process. I get that it was showing how they weren't thinking clearly, but it wasn't that enjoyable to read. Also, while the sworn soldier thing was an interesting bit ...more

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Oct 23, 2022 Erika rated it it was amazing

I am yet again left speechless over this author prose and ability to tell a story! I need to read everything by her!

I don’t do spooky because I am indeed a chicken, but this book was so great that it could not even give me nightmares! I was too much in awe and intrigued by the plot.

This is so different from Nettle and Bone (which I loved) and I would have never guessed it was coming from the same author…

I don’t know what is T. Kingfisher ‘s process when she writes, but I’m imagining her sittin ...more

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Nov 27, 2023 Amanda rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This book made me itchy

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Oct 30, 2023 Kai Gordon rated it liked it

I read A House with Bones, and while it took me a minute to get into it, and I did get kind of bored somewhere in the middle, the surprise at the end left me truly enjoying the story over all. So I gave this a shot. I enjoyed the mycology factor and there were definitely parts of this that I enjoyed, but the book was a little too predictable and the fear factor just wasn’t there for me. It missed the mark somewhere leaving this as just kinda okay. I liked it alright, but I wouldn’t really recomm ...more

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Nov 29, 2022 Elizabeth rated it really liked it

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The dead don’t walk. Except, sometimes, when they do.

Was weary considering I love Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher. Have to say it was a great retelling. Worth the hype and interested to read more from the author.

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