Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Bird Box by Josh Malerman

27 reviews

smilereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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

4.75

Absolutely gripping

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Blood, Stalking, and Pregnancy

Minor: Excrement, Vomit, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

lunamoth33's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

summerlyn's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Gore, Self harm, Suicide, and Blood

trish_smith's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

tertain's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.25

Eh, it was okay! The scenes in the past were WAY more interesting than the scenes in the present… which was half the book. I was much more interested in what was happening before all the boat stuff. Also, side note, the movie wasn’t as brutal as the book. The book is pretty brutal. And I loved the benevolence of the creatures in this book too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

belou's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Suicide, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

lay_kone's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit

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

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

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

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

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.