I made the mistake of watching the film first, but I still absolutely loved this book! Bird Box follows Malorie and her two children as they try to survive in a world that has completely changed. Creatures roam the planet, but one look at them causes you to become incredibly violent. This is one of the most unique concepts I’ve ever heard of and I absolutely love it. Malerman manages to transport the reader to a truly horrifying world, and really makes you question what you would do in the chara...

5/5 ⭐Full review on my Blog: The Dacian She-Wolf 🐺This book, this fabulous book (that made me cover my windows with some thick curtains when outside is broad daylight and forced me to double-check my desire to leave the house and also my sanity) just had me hooked until the end. Bird Box, you did things to my brain I didn’t know something could do. Congrats, you little biscuit!I am going to begin with a fact: this book scared the shit out of me sometimes. It is this kind of book that uses that ...

this is an incredibly original horror/psychological suspense novel that reminds us that with all great horror, the unseen is so much more terrifying than the seen. this is why japanese horror movies are so effective. they don't rely on graphic special effects to build the suspense, and the way they manipulate shadows, sounds, and background space creates an unparalleled atmosphere that leaves a more lasting, haunting impression than "crazy chainsaw-toting psychopath" splatter films. which, don't...

Close your eyes and imagine the basso sound of voiceover icon Don LaFontaine intoning, “In a world gone mad…” and that is pretty much where Bird Box begins. Open your eyes and go mad. Kill others, yourself. Can you keep from peeking? For how long? In Josh Malerman’s post-apocalyptic, eye-opening scare-scape, something happened. An invasion? Some natural phenomenon? No one is really certain. But what has become clear is that anyone who steps outside with their eyes open goes insane, not just gibb...

But...but...what? No that can’t be the end. The disappointment is real. "They'll eventually get us...there's no reason to think otherwise. It's end times, people. And if it's a matter of a creature our brains are incapable of comprehending, then we deserve it. I always assumed the end would come because of our own stupidity." Ok then.... so this was going REALLY well! I was sufficiently creeped out. The world has gone bonkers due to something (no one knows what) that is causing people to go ins...

I’m ###typing% this with a frigging scarf* over£ my eyEs, so pLease# forgive @any typos+Please, please don't do what I did, my fellow bookaneers.Do NOT watch the movie first. This is a big mistake; one to be avoided at all costs.The story began pulse-like. Staccato sentences that suited the stop/start tempo of a life lived in fear. Malerman's Morse code narrative drew me in from the start.In an apocalyptic alternative reality, an abstract thing inhabits our planet; a demonic indescribable entity...

UPDATE: $2.99 Kindle US 10/26/20Holy crap on a cracker, y'all! This book! Creepsville!! AND I LOVE IT!! Don't freaking go outside without your blindfold or you might open your eyes. I must say, if I had to choose what apocalypse I would be in, I would pick the zombies because at least you can go outside and see them and kill them. Unless you're blind and then your up sh•t creek. One day they start getting reports of people seeing things and then turning violent and killing people and themselves....

Hold on tight...this trip is going to blow your mind!Horror is a genre that I normally avoid completely, but with the rave reviews from my GR friends for this book I felt I needed to step out and give it a try. And it was so incredibly good! Oh my God! Malorie and her sister Shannon move in together in Detroit. Life immediately throws her a curve ball. Malorie learns she's pregnant from a brief encounter with someone she didn't know well, and thinks this is as bad as it gets. Not even close! Som...

(3.5) I feel like this isn't the most popular opinion but I thought this was overall okay.A great premise, I loved the flashbacks but I hate with a burning passion when things are left opened. If it's aliens, tell me and I'll love it. If you leave things unsaid, I'll assume you had no idea how to finish your book. The ending wasn't as shocking as others have said. Overall a bit underwhelming after seeing all the rave.In light of the movie I thought I would update this review. The movie absolutel...

”Creatures…infinity…our minds have ceilings, Malorie...these things...they are beyond it…higher than it…out of reach…out of--BUT HERE” Whatever you do DON’T OPEN YOUR EYES!!Malorie has just confirmed she is pregnant the very day that people begin killing themselves. News travels so fast now. Something can happen in Cairo. Someone can film it, load it to the internet, and within minutes of the event occurring someone in Des Moines is watching what happened. News, mostly tragic news, from a...