Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

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

45 reviews

kaelablue's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No

2.5

You know what you’re getting with this book. Here are the intriguing parts, spoiler free: 
- this, like, says things about society. they really spent a lot of this book talking about the holocaust actually and i just don’t think it needed to do that. with that, i know the novel is called devolution. but i’d didn’t like how much they talked about it
-the alpha sasquatch was characterized as a girlboss. all the other sasquatches were characterized according to what downton abbey character the narrator thought they were most like
- squatch smashes a tesla
- an ipad is sort of an important character
- nathan fillion narrates part of the audiobook
- i’m reeling from the epilogue
The first half of the book is sooo slow um but beyond that like it really is the book it promised it would be. And I chose to use my limited focus to start and complete the audiobook. which ultimately does says things about society checkmate 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Torture, and Gore

Moderate: Animal death, Eating disorder, Excrement, Racism, and Antisemitism

mjchamplin's review against another edition

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, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Excrement, Death of parent, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, and Gore

kryskross's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Blood, Death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death and War

Minor: Excrement and Grief

judassilver's review against another edition

dark informative tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Blood, Excrement, and Death

Moderate: Fatphobia

Minor: Grief, War, Antisemitism, Cancer, Eating disorder, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcohol

chasingpages1's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Grief, Torture, Animal death, Death, Murder, Confinement, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Animal cruelty, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Violence, Death of parent, Excrement, Gore, and Stalking

Minor: War, Classism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Cancer

kaiyakaiyo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This was actually a lot more fun than I expected! It started a bit slow with the diary parts but once they kicked off, they kicked off! I really liked the narrative switches, as it left me in enough suspense while still making it clear that we weren’t heading for some sudden cliche save or win. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Gore, Death, Violence, Excrement, and Animal death

mx_harpstar's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Death of parent, Excrement, Body horror, and Cursing

Moderate: Eating disorder, War, and Antisemitism

keen's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death of parent, Excrement, Animal death, and Torture

Minor: War

paulrichard's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore

Moderate: Excrement and War

Minor: Pregnancy and Fire/Fire injury

caterina_1212'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? Yes

5.0

Great concept - he could've done it with just bears or mountain lion and anyone would've liked it. But the format was really effective, and the true stories of animal attacks mixed in were really effective. So good. And the audiobook cast is nuts. 

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Content Warnings

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