Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Bird Box - Schließe deine Augen by Josh Malerman

16 reviews

bearystarry's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

So glad this ended the way it did.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gore, Blood, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Cursing, Child abuse, Animal death, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Medical content, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Body horror, Cannibalism, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Self harm, and Pregnancy

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This really had me on the edge of my seat, and it's so courageous that someone thought to make a movie about a book where everyone is covering their eyes! Very creepy. I did wonder about some of the pregnancy-related facts though. Those bits seemed less plausible. Definitely extremely heckin gory though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Confinement, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Pregnancy, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal death, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Excrement, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Car accident, Child abuse, Death of parent, Vomit, and Alcohol

asourceoffiction's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I am reeling from this story, possibly because I devoured it in 24 hours which made it quite an immersive experience. Bird Box is in my head.

From the very beginning we are drip-fed a mystery which is never explained or solved. It's a seemingly outlandish scenario which results in clusters of survivors who must stay indoors and forever hide their eyes from what lurks outside. There's a faint sense of the ridiculous, but the fear that gripped the characters, of what cannot be seen or known, was enough to completely engross me. Add to that a desperate, isolated mother raising her children to be constantly afraid and never look outside, and I just could not put it down.

The writing is incredibly clever. With my eyes wide open I felt completely exposed while reading, and the tension that builds slowly throughout the book became a physical sensation for me by the end. I finished the book with clenched fists; every horror that Malorie experiences, she does so through her other senses. What she cannot see she must assume, and the cause of it all remains unknowable. I absolutely loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Confinement, Suicide, Child abuse, Murder, Gore, and Child death

alexbrown's review against another edition

I am far to emotional towards anything to do with children right now, and the way Malorie has trained the kids really gets to me. I do understand why she has done it, but I don't need that right now

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse

felicia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Pregnancy, Animal death, Child death, and Suicide

Moderate: Vomit, Blood, Grief, and Child abuse

Minor: Cursing

purplesky25276's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

10 out of 10!! This book was so much better than the movie! Oh! And you have to listen with the audio book! This narrative for the audio will have you so caught up in the story that it will make it harder to put down. This book gave a wide range of emotions. It was like I was right there with the Malorie!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Body horror, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Genocide, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Blood, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Gore, Murder, Torture, and Suicide

afion's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicide, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Animal death, Murder, Body horror, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Ableism and Grief

Minor: Vomit and Sexism

imrereads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Violence, Suicide, Death, and Vomit

Moderate: Child death and Animal death

snarkandspark's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Alcohol, Animal death, Mental illness, Confinement, and Grief

lydiavsbooks's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.25

This was so fast paced, tense and engrossing. I really found myself routing for Malorie and becoming emotionally attached by the end. I enjoyed the way it was told, with going back and forth between what was currently happening and when everything began. It was a great way to keep the plot moving and to show Malorie's growth over time, as well as introduce us to more characters that were explored.  Just really had a lot of fun with it, I like a good survival story and now I'm excited to see the film. Would even possibly reread in future.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, Violence, Animal death, Blood, and Confinement

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, and Vomit