Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

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

just_bookish_things_'s review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gore

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

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

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

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

shiran_fa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, and Cursing

Minor: Cancer and Alcohol

christineparkerco's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

Audiobook was fucking amazing.

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Mental illness

shieldbearer's review against another edition

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? Yes

4.0

I listened to the audio book on Libby. A thrilling, well-constructed read. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cultural appropriation, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Racism

Minor: Ableism

I won't remember everything because it's been a little since I read it. On a re read I'll be more thorough with my warnings.