Devolution by Max Brooks

Available June 16, 2020

Bigfoot!

Full disclosure:

This book was a wild one for me. I was equally parts enthralled and bewildered. Don’t get me wrong, I liked it and I only share good books with you, but this one is just wild. Does it want to be taken seriously? Is it supposed to be real? I don’t know! I just don’t know. But I’m so glad that I read it and you should definitely give it a shot-especially if you like survival stories.

Devolution is a gripping tale of survival, strength, and the lengths we will go to survive. Fast paced, gripping, and emotional, Devolution is a terrifying horror story from start to finish.

When Kate Holland becomes a resident of a new eco-community in the woods of Washington, she believes that it's a fresh start for her and her husband. Combining the latest technology with an emphasis on green living, the community is home to a range of personalities, ages, and experiences. When Mt. Rainier erupts, their connection to the rest of the world is severed. Now it's a race to survive the upcoming winter with limited supplies and resources. As the community tries to work together to survive, cracks in their relationships begin to form. Personalities clash, weaknesses are exposed, and a terrifying new threat endangers them all.

It's only later, when Kate's journals are discovered, that the biggest threat to the community wasn't a lack of food or supplies, it was a race of beings that can only be described as Bigfoot. Kate's journals, paired with interviews and evidence discovered in the bloody wreckage of the community describe a time of complete terror and desperation.

This was so good! Wild, yes I keep saying that, but good! I love when a story combines seemingly intelligent people with real world disaster and they just completely fall apart. The reliance of the community on technology is their greatest downfall-no surprise there, and their inability to cope was like watching a train wreck. You couldn't help feeling fascinated by how quickly they fell apart. One member does seem to have an idea of how to survive in the woods and tries to lead the group. Her attempts at making weapons are a little too successful and her knowledge of the beings, or Bigfoot, too advanced. How does she know what they are? How does she know how to defeat them? How is she communicating with them? How many are there? So many questions, so many twists and turns, so many ways to keep you on the edge of your seat.

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Thank you to Netgalley and the Publisher for an advanced copy of this title. All opinions and mistakes are my own.