A review by susankurth326
Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre by Max Brooks

3.0

At first I was very intrigued by this book, but I got halfway through and lost all interest. The narrator, Kate, is just so bland and passive that it drove me crazy. And all the characters are caricatures -- most are VERY over the top. And then when Mostar (what the heck kind of name is that??) starts ordering Kate and her husband around (I can't recall his name but he was very one-dimensional) and they "hop to" to follow her every command . . . well, it was just totally unrealistic. This is what I mean by Kate being passive. She seems to want everyone to like her and her crush on their "leader" is beyond silly. In summary, the premise was very interesting but the book seemed as if it were written by a middle-schooler. The first part was entertaining but as soon as Mostar took over the whole thing ran aground. I'm not sure I will finish it.