Reviews tagging 'Blood'

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

57 reviews

kier__'s review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Violence, Gore, Blood, Death, Excrement, and Grief

Minor: Alcohol, Eating disorder, Car accident, Cancer, and Terminal illness

cowboylatte's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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

4.0

Cannot recommend enough that you listen to the audiobook instead of read this chilling, brilliant piece of horror. I don't think I could have handled the main character otherwise. The audiobook made her transition from unbearable to final girl standing soooo much more emotional and engaging. I couldn't sleep, I was looking into dark corners but I could NOT finish it fast enough. 

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! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Vomit, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, and Eating disorder

mr_ryancowboy's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: War and Eating disorder

Minor: Vomit

Natural disaster features prominently

haley_mil_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, War, Violence, Gore, Death, Animal death, Body horror, Blood, and Grief

Minor: Genocide and Toxic relationship

dslcer's review against another edition

This book was overly bleak and, not quite the scary horror novel I wanted it to be. I DNFed with 30 pages left, but I couldn’t bring myself to finish it.

Additionally, the author seems to espouse certain conservative convictions throughout the book, which is fine, but not my cup of tea.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Animal death

Moderate: Body horror and Blood

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Violence

laurenmiller100's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

3.75

This is a brutal book. I really enjoyed this story, and the characters and their arcs are fascinating. The way the town devolves as they try to fight off the creatures is horrifying. Moreover, some of the descriptions of violence or death had me wincing while listening.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Stalking, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Blood, Death, Body horror, and Excrement

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: War

ehagedorn's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Blood, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

bri__'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• 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

Was recommended this by my bf, I am disappointed. For me this was very underwhelming until the last 2 chapters. I struggled to focus for most of the book and I skimmed or entirely skipped some sections (especially with the rabbit, iykyk). I like the writing but I wasn't rooting for the characters because there wasn't enough depth to them. All in all, it was okay

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Death, Stalking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gore, Vomit, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, and Excrement

machewson's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Animal death, Blood, Violence, and Terminal illness

amber_lyn's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

4.75

What happens when a group of people that signed up to be a part of a sustainable and part off the grid community but instead end up in the middle of volcanic eruption that send Sasquatch directly to you?

I enjoyed the morbid of story telling, not only through Kate’s journal entries, but through interview and different excerpts. Tension builds throughout coming to a head. The different impact the level of stress to survive has on each member of the community was interesting and how that changes as their circumstances change. 

Warning: it is gory

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, and Violence