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Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre by Max Brooks
26 reviews
drewdlestrudel's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Death of parent, and War
bootsmom3's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
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
cowboylatte'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
4.0
If you're looking for an engaging, character driven, maddening, furious, vivid and at times horrific depiction of the human condition under impossible odds, I beg you to give this a listen!
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
haley_mil_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Genocide and Toxic relationship
corallydeer'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
4.0
I do agree that for such a short book it has a slow start and took a while to get to the horror and gore, but once we got there we were into it and didn't want to put it down. We read in tandem with the audiobook and that was done masterfully as well with all the different narrators (love Nathan Fillion!).
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, and Violence
Moderate: Cursing and Grief
Minor: Medical content
Violence, Death, Gore, and Body Horrorehagedorn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
bri__'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
2.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
theremightbecupcakes's review
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail