Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

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

22 reviews

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

catsy2022's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

lily_benavides's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Death of parent

proceduralbob's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Excrement

Minor: Eating disorder and Death of parent

caffeinecrow's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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

Sometimes you read a book at a specific time in your life and it becomes part of your soul. Every book Max Brooks has written has managed to be one of those books for me. I'm bad at writing reviews for art I actually like, I might come back to this one someday to flesh it out. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Excrement

Minor: War and Cultural appropriation

kt2e56's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

I am genuinely blown away by this book and it’s ability to get me so invested in what sounds like the most absurd premise ever. It’s unbelievably gory, super tense and suspenseful, and filled with some memorable characters (Mostar, my beloved MVP <3). Hell, it even made me start to love the main character and author of the “journal” we’re reading, Kate.

She goes from being a sniveling, whiny, judgmental asshole to a fucking unstoppable force and terrifying predator. That entire last speech from Kate’s brother gave me chills.

That’s another bit I liked about this book! How journal entries are broken up by interviews with folks who discovered the aftermath, along with some quotes, and other fascinating pieces of world-building. Anyway, this was fucking awesome. Definitely read it if you’re looking for something creepy without being too scary.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, Mental illness, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Death of parent, Blood, and Cursing

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Alcoholism, Excrement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, War, Vomit, and Gaslighting

its_kievan's review against another edition

dark informative 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? Yes

3.5

Very much a Max Brooks book, with all that implies: a story made up of interview transcripts and diary entries, a focus on how modern technology interacts with the natural world, disdain for Silicon Valley tech people and urban arrogance, obsession with Zulu spears, and discussions of Israel's political situation. The only difference between Devolution and World War Z (which in my opinion is the greatest zombie book of all time), is that the latter forced Brooks to go broad and talk about different people around the world. Here, he went small and did a lot of soapboxing. I may have agreed with most of what he said, but it definitely made this book a lot weaker.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Death

Moderate: Eating disorder and Death of parent

katkinslee's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

I really enjoyed this book, Max Brooks is really good at building a sense of dread, I highly recommend the audiobook as Judy Greer does a great job at voicing the neurotic main character Kate Holland.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Body horror

Moderate: Cursing

echoes01's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, and Violence