Consumed

I enjoy this series, but the excessive pauses for modern guitar solos (the music segments), combined with the long outros and advertisements, significantly cut down the actual content. What should have been a 20–23 minute episode felt more like 15ish minutes of substance. I hope future episodes focus more on the storytelling and less on the filler. The outro was still excessive on Bridgewater but it seemed to have more quality content.

Personally thought this was much better than Bridgewater. The voice acting was better and the editing tighter, which made conversations sound more realistic. Better sound design and better (less melodramatic) plot.

I noticed the negative reviews and wanted to give some love back to the creators. This podcast is my new favorite and I wait each week for a new episode to come out to see how the story progresses. The characters are so much fun to listen to and the banter between our main leads makes me smile with how adorable they are with each other. I’m really excited to see where the story goes and how it connects into the Bridgewater universe. Great job creators on an engaging and funny show!

I am not sure why this podcast has such bad ratings, probably a bunch of mad conservatives, but i personally thought this podcast was amazing! i plowed through it in an entire day and i do love the characters, the dynamic, the creepiness! I’ve personally never listened to the other podcast everyone is comparing it to but on its own i’d say this is a very solid podcast and I would even listen to it again! very unique and well done. don’t let these other reviews turn you off to an amazing story!

I tried this because I enjoyed Bridgewater, and assumed it would be of similar quality. Nope. The main character is a self-absorbed, neurotic, self-righteous caricature of an ultra-left manic-depressive Gen Z’er. I began to wonder if the title “Consumed” referred to a creature eating people, or if it alluded to the main character’s narcissism. In fact, I began to root for the creature just to eviscerate her and end my suffering. I believe I threw up in my mouth more than once listening to the contrived cuteness of the “flirting” between the librarian and main character. I lay awake at night wondering why I listened to so much of it. Hours I will never reclaim, I’m afraid. Perhaps the story line was sufficient to keep me coming back. I can’t explain it. This is the true mystery behind the series.

Just finished this series. Not sure why I subjected myself to its entirety. The premise is one you’ve seen in dozens of horror flicks, and though the path is well-trodden, it’s not the setup I take issue with. The execution is completely predictable, and things just sort of inexplicably happen - the writers didn’t even spend the time to establish any sort of weak contrivance to motivate the story along. The voice acting is perfectly fine, but the sound design is sparse, making most of the series feel rather ungrounded. The dialogue itself is some of the worst I’ve heard. Nearly every other line is a tiresome pop-culture quip, which solidifies both the characters and their writers as some of the most annoying people of all time. Characters literally say things like “erm, that was awkward,” and “he’s right behind me, isn’t he?” which I found really obnoxious. There’s also this peculiar dynamic where every character in the show, regardless of age, demographic, etc. makes out-of-place comments embodying gen-z/millennial neoliberal politics. I couldn’t care less what the politics of the show are, but the comments don’t feel true to its setting or characters. Just about the only likable one of the bunch is the sheriff, but she sees little air time. I spent most of the listen-through hoping the two protagonists would shut up. The ending is sloppy and nonsensical. The last two episodes feel hastily pulled together and completely unsatisfying. Overall, there’s little here to redeem its faults. I’d say, skip this one.