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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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Aug 27, 2014 Maryam rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, science-fiction, horror, favorite-2014

Actual Rating 4.5

Something is out there . . .

Something terrifying that must not be seen. One glimpse and a person is driven to deadly violence. No one knows what it is or where it came from.....

I Thoroughly enjoyed this book. It was one of the best psychologically horror books I've read in a long time. It has some small flaws but overall, it is really well written. ...more

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Oct 23, 2016 Abby Johnson rated it it was amazing

Shelves: grownup_books, scary

This book is so scary!!! I kept wanting to tell Corey about parts of it that I was reading, but I really want him to read it, too, so I didn't. This was the perfect blend of psychological horror and a touch of gore that is really scary to me. It was also the type of book that kept me asking myself what I would do if any of this happened to me.

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Aug 06, 2018 Ally rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2018-challenge

This book was not that scary to me, but it was compelling in its ideas of a new reason the world is destroyed (sorry not sorry I love things that are post-apocalyptic). I could tell this was a debut novel because the characters were not quite as developed and the language the author used was a little stiff. But otherwise, a good creepy read - and I look forward to the upcoming movie out on Netflix at the end of this year.

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Aug 23, 2017 Alvin rated it liked it

The unique plot device of blindfolding/no sight fortunately worked well. The fragmented timeline confused and annoyed me, though. I think a traditional, sequential story would have worked better.

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Oct 17, 2019 Marisa rated it it was ok

Shelves: audiobooks, grown-up-books, october, 2019

This is just another example of a male author being unable to write a female protagonist that I don’t hate. I have some notes, maybe I’ll come back and flesh this out later.

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