Reviews tagging 'Grief'

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

25 reviews

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

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

jt_earl's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Gore

Moderate: Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Grief, and Death

Minor: Excrement and Injury/Injury detail

nagem's review against another edition

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Fatphobia, and Grief

Minor: Genocide and Excrement

seanml's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.25

It's hard to go wrong with a journal entry-styled horror novel about sasquatch. Don't worry, Max Brooks didn't go wrong. I find a lot of horror books have great concepts that run thin by the end, but with this I felt the opposite: it seemed like Brooks checked all the boxes he wanted to in plot, but I wish it could've gone on longer! The book quickly ramps up, but it would have been fun to see even more of the tense middle section. The last book to actually keep me up that I can remember is Adam Nevill's The Ritual, but now it goes to the bigfoot book. Primates are scary. 8.5/10.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Grief, Body horror, and Violence

Moderate: Excrement and Animal death

Minor: War

leahcatching's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

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

izypup's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Violence, Torture, Gore, Medical trauma, and Medical content

Moderate: Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Confinement

Minor: Terminal illness, Cursing, Cancer, Child death, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Drug use, War, and Classism