From the Bookshelf of Read by Theme…

Bird Box (Bird Box, #1)

Josh Malerman

Start date: October 28, 2017

Finish date: November 1, 2017

Find A Copy At

Libraries

Group Discussions About This Book

No group discussions for this book yet.

What Members Thought

Jul 27, 2020 Vicki rated it it was amazing

Shelves: wheels-5

Bird Box was crazy freaky, a true horror, and creepy at its best! Imagine finding out you're pregnant, and it's literally the worst timing because the world is going mad in the truest sense of the word. The key phrase in this world or horror is don't open your eyes. Fast forward to Mallory having twins who she only calls Boy and Girl. They've managed to stay safe for four years and now she is ready to go on the most dangerous journey of her life with her children by going twenty miles down the r ...more

10 likes · Like · see review

Jan 20, 2020 Amara Tanith rated it it was ok

Shelves: genre-horror, 2020

I heard enough good things about the movie for this one that I'm honestly pretty surprised by how much of a boring mess this was. It has some plot elements that really appeal to me (even if they're not exceptionally well-done here), but Bird Box just about completely squanders its premise on what has to be the single most boring story one could tell about a fictional world enduring this particular type of Apocalypse.

Full review to come. ...more

1 like · Like · see review

Mar 28, 2019 Sagheer Afzal rated it really liked it

A very enjoyable book. I watched the film and then decided to read the book. Knowing the ending did not dilute the enjoyment. The screen play of the film is also very well-adapted. It leaves us more to the imagination than the book did which what makes for great viewing.
This is what I have learnt as a writer from reading this book:

1) This book is a very good example of how you should never fragment a story into too many threads. A great book just needs to tell one story.

2) What I also liked ab ...more

Like · see review

Nov 26, 2016 Vanessa rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobook-i-own

I loved that book! The plot was original, I had never read something like this before. We follow Malorie who is a survivor of some kind of apocalypse. There are creatures out in the world who makes people go crazy mad with violence if they see them. It goes back and forth between when Malorie was pregnant and everything started to four years later when she has to leave her home to go somewhere safer with her two kids while being blindfolded. I would not categorise it as horror but it was definit ...more

Like · see review