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Fear is a fascinating phenomenon. For many, it’s roots are fixed in childhood, where the darkness under the bed and behind closet doors holds unmentionable terror. As one then ages, that raw emotion again surfaces in the uncertainty of what exists beyond death—an unknown that forces one to cling to life no matter the cost. Bird Box manages to prey on that basic fear one experiences as a child, then builds to a crescendo as the horror matures. Author Josh Malerman grabs the reader by the collar a
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4.5
This book is creepy! In this post-apocalyptic world, there is some creature that cannot be seen or else one will go mad and kill himself/herself. Therefore, this creature just lurks around while the characters are forced to blindfold themselves. This "blinded" look at this world was incredibly creepy.
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4.5 stars
Wow! I read the last quarter of this book with my mouth gaping.
Reports of people violently murdering one another are being made, and the only explanation is that each person "saw something" before they went insane. Now, determined to save herself and her children, Malory and her son and daughter are escaping, blindfolded, in a rowboat on the river. It was exciting, shocking, confusing, and incredible.
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Wow! I read the last quarter of this book with my mouth gaping.
Reports of people violently murdering one another are being made, and the only explanation is that each person "saw something" before they went insane. Now, determined to save herself and her children, Malory and her son and daughter are escaping, blindfolded, in a rowboat on the river. It was exciting, shocking, confusing, and incredible.
In alternating chapters, it's revealed how the community got to this point and every ...more
I adored the movie. The book wasnt bad at all. Because u get to read her thoughts during the journey. But watching.... imagining the fear...the blindness...with the kids seemed more intense when watching
I started off loving this book. It was interesting, thought provoking, even scary at times, but alas the end was pants - disappointed.
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