Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

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

35 reviews

kier__'s review

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

haley_mil_reads's review

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

ellewhyoh's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

I found myself enjoying the interstitial sections more than the main diary entries. I do understand why so much time had to be spent getting to know the characters in the first few days of the event, but it was a bit of a slog to get to the action.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Murder

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

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

theremightbecupcakes's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gore, Toxic relationship, War, Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Religious bigotry

thecrimsoncorsair's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

2.5

I will give it up to Max Brooks. He did write a story with the most unlikable characters imaginable. So unlikable that I was actively rooting for all of their deaths for a good chunk of the book, and managed to make some (SOME) of them into pretty enjoyable people by the end. Except Mostar, she was da real mvp from the start. I was so annoyed by these characters that I was going to quit the book at the beginning, but I'm glad I kept going, because this was a hell of a book. Not great. And has very strong, libs need to man up and embrace them their killing side vibes. Like there was an entire spiel about the neighborhood not having any guns and how that was just so awful of those weak willed libs 🤢 but I loved the tension, and the survival aspects. And the growth of the main character. And I wish he wouldn't have left the ending so open ended. I hate open ended endings. But overall, this was a fun read. Brutal. Not anywhere as good as World War Z. But entertaining in its own way. I would say my only other issue that kinda squicked me out was the way he characterized the lesbian couple. I don't know I didn't like how he portrayed them in the beginning, and ofc one of them was domineering, controlling and seemingly abusive of her wife. It just really rubbed me the wrong way. As I stated though. Fun book, interesting read, didn't think I would like it as I've never particularly been interested in Bigfoot stuff. But he did a good job keeping you invested until the end of the novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Violence, Genocide, Murder, Classism, Cursing, Grief, Physical abuse, Animal death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Bullying, Gaslighting, Gore, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, War, and Drug use

rhaydragon's review

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore

mjchamplin's review

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