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Bird Box (Bird Box, #1)

Josh Malerman

Finish date: July 20, 2015

Why we're reading this: Not really a guilty pleasure but something out of the ordinary for me. I read it, I liked it and it does …more
[close] Not really a guilty pleasure but something out of the ordinary for me. I read it, I liked it and it does not fit in a vacant bingo square so I'm counting it here.

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Oct 18, 2016 Chessa rated it really liked it

Shelves: uptopia_dystopia, book-riot-rec, horror, thriller

Eeeek! That was a fun read. I have a friend that cannot read/watch stories with any children in peril, and I kept thinking, this would be THE WORST book for her! Shout out to MT weather last night, which made it possible for me to finish this one up in the house alone while the rain poured outside and the wind gusted spookily. What was that noise?!

This book is pretty short and the story is taut - so much DREAD. Perfect for Halloween!

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Aug 06, 2014 jess sanford rated it really liked it

Intensely atmospheric, Malerman's ability to conjure a hectic, terrified feeling from beginning to end is masterful and almost unbelievable in a first novel. The psychology (and, frequently, psychosis) of the characters throughout Bird Box is limned in gritty, macabre gestures. Without spoiling anything, the 'Attic Scene' in particular is expertly handled. This is a visceral horror novel that manages to take the trope of both monster and dystopian novels to innovative spaces. ...more

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May 27, 2019 Melanie rated it really liked it

Shelves: thriller, suspense, dystopian, horror

Crazy and creepy and fast-paced - I saw the movie first, but I still couldn’t put this down, because it was so different and I needed to know what happened. There were some of those suspense novel things that annoy me (paragraph that’s a short clipped sentence, new paragraph that is just a short clipped sentence, repeat repeat repeat), and the sheer number of coincidences (a little hard to suspend disbelief about those) but it was interesting enough that I could overlook all that and just read a ...more

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Nov 10, 2018 Jen rated it really liked it

This book was thought provoking and creepy. Seeing something makes you want to harm yourself or others and everyone is trying to figure out how to live with this reality. There are moments where this book really reminds me of Station Eleven because overall it is about humanity and the will to survive.

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