Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Bird Box by Josh Malerman

41 reviews

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

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.

Spoiler

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Death of parent, Vomit, and Child death

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

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

pancaaakes's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Pregnancy, Suicide, and Gore

Moderate: Violence and Animal death

zom47's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book was kinda slow to start but when it did... oof.. it's terrifying. It makes you think, what if this were to happen? And just the thought of a creature being near you, in the same room as you, gives me chills. There were scenes in the book that just gave me straight chills and goosebumps all over my arms. I kept pausing, shaking myself because it's creeping me out, making me scared to have my eyes open... I would definitely recommend this book!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Death of parent