Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

Bird Box by Josh Malerman

29 reviews

afion's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Ableism and Grief

Minor: Sexism and Vomit

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

Moderate: Animal death and Child death

lydiavsbooks's review

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

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

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

kstericker's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Gore and Grief

Minor: Child death, Vomit, and Death of parent

emmaward55's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

The parallels between this book and the current pandemic genuinely took me by surprise as I read it. A life-changing event that forces people inside, time meaning nothing, schools and wider infrastructure shutting down, tragedy dominating the news... We all recognise these things as part of our own 'new world'.

What unnerves me the most, however, are the conspiracy theorists. The people like 

Greg and Don

  who become convinced that safety precautions are unnecessary, that they are smart enough to see this event for what it really is - and who eventually endanger others. Just like the anti-vaxxers who gather together to protest lockdowns, these people come into contact with others and try to take their safety precautions - in this case blindfolds instead of masks - and throw them to the wolves of this changed world.

I couldn't relax my shoulders for the last ten chapters of this book. It was tense, unsettling and morbidly fascinating. If I ever reread it, it'll be when the pandemic is years in the past. For now, I'll think of how the book ends, with strangers coming together to rebuild their world.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Suicide, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Child abuse, Violence, Blood, Vomit, and Grief

Info on child abuse:

Characters discuss blinding babies as a protective measure to prevent them going insane.

cmhartjes's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Self harm, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child death, Blood, Vomit, and Pregnancy

v171's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

 I don't often read suspense/horror books because I'm not a huge fan of extreme violence/gore, and while this book did include an amount of that, I did enjoy it. As opposed to some other reviews I've read, I really appreciated, the fact that the creatures are never revealed to the reader. It was evident that the creatures took a back seat to the common zombie/dystopia/horror trope of "man is the real monster," and that theme was emphasized by not distracting with the nature of the cosmic horror. In fact, I found the scenes with Gary far more tense and suspenseful than, say, the bar scene or the river scenes. It would have been easy for the author to acquiesce the readers by throwing in an Annihilation-esque reveal, but I applaud him for holding back. While the book wasn't anything groundbreaking with regard to apocalyptical horror, I found it an enjoyable read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Excrement and Vomit

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Suicide, and Grief

Minor: Child death, Blood, and Vomit