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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Well that was disappointing. I was really excited about the prospect of a Bigfoot horror/survival story, but "Devolution" didn't deliver. Half of this book is Brooks preaching about people's lack of survival skills, reliance on electronics, lack of natural disaster preparedness, and a whole host of other topics, and it's funny because I actually agree with him on many on these points, but the incessant harping about all these things got SO TEDIOUS. I probably sound like one of the people Brooks was narrating against, but it got to the moment where all I was thinking was, "Can we PLEASE just stop being serious and get back to the story?! " Yeah, he made some great points, but in doing so he sacrificed a lot of plot development. The other half of the story is predictable and substitutes blood and gore in place of real terror. Sure, I had a chill here and there, but it was the same chill you get from watching a C-list horror movie knowing from the increasingly spooky music that some dude in a mask is about to jump out of a closet. Also, there was nothing new offered to the Bigfoot legend, or even anything that was new, period. It was, again, like a subpar movie, although now it's one of those survival ones where a wizened old scientist quips, "Humans took over Mother Nature...now Mother Nature is taking back what belongs to her!" I could have only read the first and last chapters of this book and then told you with 90% accuracy what happens, who dies, and what the climax of the book looks like. I went into this book prepared to enjoy every second of the Bigfoot-ness, but even as I was trying to force myself to like it I just couldn't: as the story went on it just devolved (lol) into a hot mess of predictable tropes and plot points, unlikeable characters, and dry dialogue. There are other numerous little things I don't think were well done (the main character, Katie, is annoying as HELL; the Bigfoot for some reason speak a vaguely defined "American folk language" that SOMEHOW another character speaks, too; a bunch of really unnecessary footnotes) but I'm just leaving it here. Can someone PLEASE write some good cryptid novels?! Cause this ain't it. TL;DR "Devolution" is basically just the "Jurassic Park" movie but with Bigfoot. Spielberg=1, Brooks=0. Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre by Max Brooks is set in the deep Pacific Northwest forests near Mount Rainier in Washington State. The story is set in a small, isolated community developed specifically for technologically-dependent people. They are suddenly cut off from the rest of the world by a volcanic eruption. Then in addition to lacking outdoor survival skills and resources, they find themselves being attacked by a group of Bigfoot. While usually any writing about the legendary Sasquatch emphasizes that they are shy, solitary creatures, in this book they are like a tribe of chimpanzee, following a female leader and working together as a cohesive unit. The story is dark and violent so words like “fun” and “enjoy” seem rather inappropriate but this stylish, dark, and captivating tale certainly pleased me. This isn’t a slow build up to excitement, the imaginative story quickly became disturbing and frightening. I live in the Pacific Northwest and do not for a moment believe in the Sasquatch but as a scary monster story, Devolution is very well done. The author doesn’t bother with questions like “how did they get here?” or “where did they originate?” he simply jumps into this story of super-predators driven by hunger, stalking and hunting a group of lessor beings. As horror stories go, this one is a good one. I really like Max Brooks (I LOVED World War Z) and I was excited to read this because I am fascinated by Bigfoot stories so the concept of this book was perfect for me and I was excited to read it. I enjoyed the build up to the action...trying to figure out exactly what was happening and the idea of spending a winter cut off from society with relative strangers. Where it lost me a little was in the actual confrontation with the Bigfoot troop. It would make a good action movie, I suppose, but I have trouble reading detailed fight scenes and while I totally understand why there was so much of this stuff in the book....it just wasn't exactly for me. I read in the acknowledgements that this was originally planned as a movie...and I wish it stayed that way.
"Devolution" is an ambitious mishmash of individually interesting pieces. Not quite sharp enough for compelling satire, a little too sneering for effective horror, it will find plenty of readers among devotees of Brooks, but will be a miss for most general readers. Civil society is always fragile. When it collapses under violent threat, its citizens inevitably reveal their truest selves.... The transformation of Greenloop and its members—especially Kate and her slacker husband, Dan—from self-doubting basket cases into formidable warriors transcends the notion of “evolution.” It’s terrifying. Brooks is not only dealing with the end of humanity; he’s also showing us our further course toward a new, ineluctable, absolute brutality. Piecing together the journal with interviews, transcripts, newspaper clippings, and historical documents, Brooks crafts a terrifying tale that reads like a “true” crime novel. Set in the very near future, with stellar worldbuilding, a claustrophobic atmosphere, an inclusive and fascinating cast of characters, and plenty of bloody action, this inventive story will keep readers’ heart rates high. Brooks is a pro at building suspense even if it plays out in some rather spectacularly yucky episodes, one involving a short spear that takes its name from “the sucking sound of pulling it out of the dead man’s heart and lungs.” Grossness aside, it puts you right there on the scene. A tasty, if not always tasteful, tale of supernatural mayhem that fans of King and Crichton alike will enjoy. Brooks creates vivid landscapes and has a gift for shifting focus in an instant, turning lovely nature scenes suddenly menacing. Brooks packs his plot with action, information, and atmosphere, and captures both the foibles and the heroism of his characters. This slow-burning page-turner will appeal to Brooks’s devoted fans and speculative fiction readers who enjoy tales of monsters. PremiosListas de sobresalientes
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HTML:The #1 New York Times bestselling author of World War Z is back with ??the Bigfoot thriller you didn??t know you needed in your life, and one of the greatest horror novels I??ve ever read? (Blake Crouch, author of Dark Matter and Recursion). As the ash and chaos from Mount Rainier??s eruption swirled and finally settled, the story of the Greenloop massacre has passed unnoticed, unexamined . . . until now. The journals of resident Kate Holland, recovered from the town??s bloody wreckage, capture a tale too harrowing??and too earth-shattering in its implications??to be forgotten. In these pages, Max Brooks brings Kate??s extraordinary account to light for the first time, faithfully reproducing her words alongside his own extensive investigations into the massacre and the legendary beasts behind it. Kate??s is a tale of unexpected strength and resilience, of humanity??s defiance in the face of a terrible predator??s gaze, and, inevitably, of savagery and death. Yet it is also far more than that. Because if what Kate Holland saw in those days is real, then we must accept the impossible. We must accept that the creature known as Bigfoot walks among us??and that it is a beast of terrible strength and ferocity. Part survival narrative, part bloody horror tale, part scientific journey into the boundaries between truth and fiction, this is a Bigfoot story as only Max Brooks could chronicle it??and like none you??ve ever read before. Praise for Devolution ??Delightful . . . [A] tale of supernatural mayhem that fans of King and Crichton alike will enjoy.???Kirkus Reviews (starred review) ??The story is told in such a compelling manner that horror fans will want to believe and, perhaps, take the warning to heart.???Booklist (starred review) The Cast: Judy Greer as Kate Holland Nathan Fillion as Frank McCray Kimberly Guerrero as Josephine Schell With Jeff Daniels as Steve Morgan Mira Furlan as Mostar Kate Mulgrew as Hannah Reinhardt-Roth Steven Weber as Tony Durant and Terry Gross and Kai Ryss No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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This was very enjoyable. Told in the same “found journal” style as World War Z, this is for anyone who likes speculative fiction mixed with documentaries. The repetition of thoughts reminded me of Palahniuk, and the flow is close to Weir.
The story is set in an off-the-grid community, with a backdrop of a major volcanic event… in the middle of an area where Sasquatch lived hidden from discovery. Until that volcano trapped them all together and broke the normal food sources. ( )