Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre by Max Brooks

84 reviews

hricarte's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense medium-paced

• 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Mental illness and Pandemic/Epidemic

madamryno's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Loved the premise, the scares, and the monsters. Really didn't like the cast, I found them frustrating and hard to like

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, and Lesbophobia

krumanda's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Death of parent, and Murder

megbress13's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Violence

nick_27's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Animal death and War

finmonster's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

tobias_ewing's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• 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

5.0

The ultimate Bigfoot book. If you're a fan of cryptids and the horror genre, this is a must-read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, and Excrement

lazy_raven's review

adventurous dark informative mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Fantastic as expected. Horror, gore, cryptids, suspense. Written as a combo of journals and interviews. Pretty sure Brooks was bingeing some Mountain Monsters like I was during lock down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Excrement

Minor: Death of parent

The child does not die

nikhocharm's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Murder, and War

bootsmom3's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury