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Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre by Max Brooks
8 reviews
maddie_can_read's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
I randomly picked it out from my library only knowing it was science fiction. Loved the structure.
I really loved how the relationship between Katie and Dan changed over the course of the events unfolding and
There were only a few things I didn't love: I found some of the parts, especially parts where a lot of stuff was happening, difficult to visualize,
Graphic: Death, Gore, Torture, Excrement, Grief, Stalking, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Body horror, Cancer, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Blood, Death of parent, and Gaslighting
readerfromtheblacklagoon's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Cancer, Eating disorder, Terminal illness, Car accident, and Alcohol
judassilver's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Blood, Excrement, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Fatphobia
Minor: Cancer, Eating disorder, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Antisemitism, Grief, Alcohol, and War
chasingpages1's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Antisemitism, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Alcohol, War, and Classism
izypup's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Excrement, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, War, and Classism
shiran_fa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing, Torture, Excrement, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Cancer and Alcohol
escapinginpaper's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Confinement, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Cancer, Genocide, Sexual content, Excrement, Islamophobia, and Death of parent
ehmannky's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
I wasn't a fan that the Asian child was silent for much of the book, as I feel like that just calls on a tired trope. I did like that Brooks explicitly draws attention to the overall point that this is a town of privileged mostly white people copying Levittowns and that they were doomed from the start because of this. I also appreciated the fact that this book points out that the Disneyfication of nature is bad and it leads to people making careless decisions and dying. However, I didn't like the implication that Kate and Pal have "devolved" into some kind of savage, primitive creature on the off chance that they may be hunting the Sasquatch herd at the end of the novel. It just tickles something that I did not care for. There's also the implication given the description of some of their character's developments that their issues such as anxiety or hypochondria are just products of society and can be cured in a way by this intense situation, and that also just rankles me.
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Toxic relationship, Blood, Excrement, and Grief
Minor: Cancer