Bird Box by Josh Malerman

Bird Box

by Josh Malerman

NOW A MAJOR FILM

IF YOU’VE SEEN WHAT’S OUT THERE… IT’S ALREADY TOO LATE

Malorie raises the children the only way she can: indoors, with the doors locked, the curtains closed, and mattresses nailed over the windows.

The children sleep in the bedroom across the hall, but soon she will have to wake them and blindfold them.

Today they will risk everything. Today they will leave the house.

Josh Malerman’s New York Times bestselling Bird Box is a terrifying psychological thriller that will haunt you long after reading.

Reviewed by ross91 on

3 of 5 stars

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Last book of the year and I'm disappointed.
The story seems a mash-up of Blindness by Jose Saramago, the movie The Happening, and The Ring (kinda).
At first it gripped me and I couldn't stop reading, but then I just lost interest and I almost DNFed it.
I'm not even talking about the ending (which I found so unsatisfying), the main problem in my opinion is the protagonist, Malorie: she's so plain and underdeveloped, I can't find a single trait of her that stands out and I didn't care for her survival at all. Plus, the fact that she calls the children "Boy" and "Girl" urked me so much I started wishing for her death.
Anyway, I've decided to give this book 3 stars because I really liked the concept, I just wish it were better developed.

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