Rating: 4/5
Disclaimer: I received a free ecopy via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Devolution is a ridiculous book. It is over the top in so many ways. Trying to take it seriously may leave you unimpressed.
Everything begins when scientists decide to remove religion from the world by tampering with the human brain. As a result of their efforts, a disease breaks out that reverts every living thing on the planet to a previous state of evolution. A select few are inoculated against the disease. Raja is the daughter of one of the scientists involved. She believes that she knows of a way to fix the problem if she can only make it to L.A.
The characters she meets along the way add to the silliness. There is a doctor that everyone wants to kill but won't because of his skills. The leader of the group she encounters is a brutish, violent, oversexed man. Most of the other characters don't survive long enough to matter much though.
I wasn't a huge fan of the art. It followed the same over the top style as the rest of the book, so it fit in quite well. The creatures that come about as the result of the experimentation were the best part of the illustrations. There are cavemen, dinosaurs, and giant spiders to name a few. But the drawings of the people were just too out there at times.
This felt like a way to write a zombie apocalypse book without using zombies. I thought it was a lot of fun for all that. The message at the end of the book is probably the most serious part and tied things together well enough. You'll probably enjoy this book if you like movies such as Hot Fuzz or Super Troopers.
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