Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

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

14 reviews

percys_panda_pillow_pet's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Animal death, Death, Eating disorder, and Gore

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Excrement, and Blood

Minor: War, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Genocide, and Alcohol

chriswaldron15's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Enjoyed this as a lighter read having just finished the slog that was Dune. Though by reading the blurb you know what's going to show up, it's built up very well with the reveal coming at just the right moment.

Character development is fairly well done, though I found some of the sudden changes the characters go through to be a bit extreme and difficult to believe.

The ending I found to be somewhat predictable, very "Hollywood", and I found myself not quite getting a feel for how it went. Perhaps more than one chapter would have suited it better.

Overall would definitely recommend. Very much a Max Brooks book but a pleasant deviation from the narrative style of World War Z.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Excrement, Death, Animal death, and Panic attacks/disorders

hallucinathan's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Death, Animal death, and Blood

Minor: Excrement, Panic attacks/disorders, and Torture

escapinginpaper's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Gore, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Cancer, Death of parent, Excrement, Genocide, Islamophobia, and Sexual content