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Bird Box (Bird Box, #1)

Josh Malerman

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2015 Challenge Prompts

Prompt 25: A book you were supposed to read in school but didn't
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Prompt 39: A book with magic
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Jan 21, 2019 Krissy rated it really liked it

Shelves: pgs-200-299, audiobook, buddy-read, cover-color-black, mother-daughter-buddy-read

This was a mother daughter buddy read. We wanted to read the book before we watched the movie. We both really enjoyed it. I personally wasn't a huge fan of the ending. I was expecting more... I don't know. Just more. But other than that it was good.

My Rating: 4 stars
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Mar 26, 2019 Gina rated it really liked it

Shelves: speculative, horror

There are a lot of mixed reviews on Bird Box - the book and the movie. I haven’t seen the Netflix movie yet, but I thought the book was solid. By now, everyone knows what you see can hurt you, therefore, blindfolds. I found myself thinking too practically about this book, and tried to just be entertained.

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Sep 06, 2025 Amber rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I enjoyed the movie and am glad I watched it first, before I even knew about the book. Despite the changes, I think the movie is a pretty good adaptation but I feel like if I had read the book first I would not have been able to enjoy the film as much. Some of the changes were better, in my opinion in the film version, but overall I prefer the book. If for nothing else than that the physics and nature of the creatures makes more sense to me. I'm glad that neither chose to explicitly show the cre ...more

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Jun 22, 2018 Amy Ellis rated it really liked it

Super fast, super creepy read. I read it after bedtime when I was the only one awake, which was a bad idea. The writing was great (two plot twists!) and the final ending was amazing—but l will probably have nightmares for a while! Not for the squeamish.

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Jan 17, 2021 Amy rated it really liked it

Shelves: mystery, audio-book, audible-deal, book-challenge-2021

I watched the movie a few years back and the book is just as good. Love this genre. The book is slightly different than the movie, so you can read & watch the movie one after each other (like I did) and not feel like its a repeat.

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