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A review by aformeracceleratedreader
The Secret History of Bigfoot: Field Notes on a North American Monster by John O'Connor
medium-paced
2.25
Just so some people know, there is political discussion in this book, which I personally liked but was not expecting. I liked tying in the belief of cryptids to political/socioeconomic landscapes. As a cryptid fan, it is definitely interesting that most of or at least the prominent cryptid fans/believers are white (you see very little minority cryptid fans but we're out here!) and potentially why that is the way it is.
This wasn't exactly what I was expecting going into the book which isn't necessarily bad but def affected how I rated it. It was more heavily on politics and less on actual bigfoot mythos than I was expecting. I did appreciate the mentions of covid and all the indigenous names/locations/mentions and the discussion on the environment and although this book wasn't written or released this year, many of the political discussions are still applicable today with trump being reelected and seeing what we saw in 2016 come back at an even higher/escalated/bigger level.
This wasn't exactly what I was expecting going into the book which isn't necessarily bad but def affected how I rated it. It was more heavily on politics and less on actual bigfoot mythos than I was expecting. I did appreciate the mentions of covid and all the indigenous names/locations/mentions and the discussion on the environment and although this book wasn't written or released this year, many of the political discussions are still applicable today with trump being reelected and seeing what we saw in 2016 come back at an even higher/escalated/bigger level.