Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Bird Box - Schließe deine Augen by Josh Malerman

44 reviews

mckensi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Stalking, Animal cruelty, Blood, Car accident, Gore, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Excrement, Chronic illness, Pregnancy, Animal death, Vomit, Confinement, Death of parent, Suicide, Body horror, Mental illness, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

near's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Murder, Blood, Violence, Death, and Suicide

mlgallaher's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Grief, Self harm, and Suicide

Moderate: Animal death

brooke_pearson's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

5.0

This book is written so beautifully!! From his wonderful description (other than the people's appe rances, I'll admit those weren't awesome) to how well he blended the past and present together in this book, Malerman has to be one of my new favorite authors. I can't wait to read the sequel and any other books he has in store.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Suicide, Body horror, Violence, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Cursing, Death of parent, Child death, Vomit, and Stalking

Minor: Alcohol

This might technically count as a spoiler, but I'm really just using this as a trigger/content warning. Pages 180-184 have a dog going crazy and killing itself, and while Malorie can't see it, the sounds are descriptive and you may need to skip it if that's not something you can handle (I personally could barely do it). If you do decide to skip this chapter, here's a happier version of what happens so you don't miss out on anything:

Malorie paints the windows of Cheryl's car black and, using a map and the cars odometer, she eventually finds her way to the bar (with a lot of trial and error). While Victor, sadly, saw one of the /things/, she is able to take some supplies like microphones and likely some speakers off of the bars stage and take them back to the car. She then returns home and is able to use those things for the security system.

hellokatya's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

i will admit, i watched the movie long before i ever considered reading the book, but i’m really glad i did.
i do wish that the story had been told in chronological order, but i can understand why it was told in two timelines. 
i thoroughly enjoyed how ominous and claustrophobic the book felt. it was truly unnerving and addictive. it was hard to put down once i got into it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Pregnancy, Violence, and Self harm

Moderate: Confinement and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Grief, Abandonment, and Car accident

jj_tj's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Grief, and Suicide

Moderate: Child death and Blood

Minor: Animal death, Excrement, and Vomit

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

kaitieg97's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? No

5.0

A very interesting story, it was eerie and intense.

I really like Malorie and I wish things turned out happier for her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Animal death, Gore, and Child death

Moderate: Child death, Blood, Body horror, and Grief

Minor: Vomit

kirstenpod_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Suicide, Violence, Death, Animal death, Confinement, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Child death, Vomit, and Death of parent

dev921's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Pregnancy, Animal death, Excrement, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Stalking