What follows is a vicious contest of human vs animal.īrooks acts as a journalist of sorts, similar to the style (I believe) that he used in his previous novel World War Z. The resulting impact causes a group of animals (Bigfoots) to make their way south, where they encounter a small group of humans living in a new ‘green eco village’ in the middle of nature. Mount Rainier has just erupted, devasting the North West US.

And I really enjoyed it! I absolutely flew through Devolution, it’s the kind of book where you start reading and then suddenly notice it’s four hours later and you’re clenched with fear on the sofa.ĭevolution is all about the Bigfoot legend. It’s my first ‘monster horror’ (most I’ve read so far have been more paranormal or psychologically based). I came to Devolution entirely new to both the author and the Bigfoot legend, but with the knowledge that the World War Z film terrified me and that’s what made me want to read Devolution. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me an eARC in exchange for an honest review. We must accept that the creature known as Bigfoot walks among us–and that it is a beast of terrible strength and ferocity. 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.īecause if what Kate Holland saw in those days is real, then we must accept the impossible. 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. until now.īut 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. Goodreads blurb: The #1 bestselling author of World War Z takes on the Bigfoot legend with a tale that blurs the lines between human and beast–and asks what we are capable of in the face of the unimaginable.Īs the ash and chaos from Mount Rainier’s eruption swirled and finally settled, the story of the Greenloop massacre has passed unnoticed, unexamined.

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