Why did I love this book?
I’ve grown tired of retellings. So, when I picked up this gothic reimagining of The Fall of the House of Usher, I expected the same unsatisfied letdown when I turned to the first page.
Instead, I was sucked straight into the protagonist’s point of view, delightfully shuddering at the grotesque imagery of wildlife puppeteered by an ecological nightmare and how the shift in language can allow for other non-human sentient creatures to communicate with us.
My burnout on story retellings lifted, reminding me that an old tale can still hold surprises and about the importance of stories handed down, re-molded, and shaped from generation to generation.
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From the Nebula and Hugo award-winning author of The Twisted Ones, comes What Moves the Dead, a gripping and atmospheric retelling of Edgar Allan Poe's classic "The Fall of the House of Usher."
When Alex Easton, a retired soldier, receives word that their childhood friend Madeline Usher is dying, they race to the ancestral home of the Ushers in the remote countryside of Ruritania.
What they find there is a nightmare of fungal growths and possessed wildlife, surrounding a dark, pulsing lake. Madeline sleepwalks and speaks in strange voices at night, and her…
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