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momaddictedtobooks1's review against another edition
4.0
I enjoyed the first one more but it was still pretty good!
tuckeralmengor's review against another edition
5.0
When I heard that Josh Malerman would be releasing a sequel to Bird Box, my first thought was that he was just trying to cash in on the ridiculously massive success of the Netflix movie adaption.
After that initial reaction, I was like You know what... whatever. I'll read it. And so I did and holy mother forking shirt balls. You guys this book was A-MA-ZING.
It was so much better than it's predecessor, I think. I saw the movie. I didn't read the book. Oops. But I still loved it more.
This book goes much, much deeper than just a post-apocalyptic novel. It's the story of a mother who will do anything she can to protect her children. A mother who is trying to figure out the difference between surviving and living.
Malorie takes place years after the events of Bird Box. We follow Malorie, Olympia, and Tom years after they escaped from the Janet Tucker School for the Blind after the creatures invaded it. Malorie now believes that the monsters can drive people insane via vision AND touch.
Olympia and Tom have known nothing except Malorie's strict rules but Tom, being a teenager, begins to become curious and rebellious.
The further I got into the story, the more I fell in love with it. It explores the idea of what is life. Is it just surviving? Or is it something more? What is that something more?
I loved the exploration of the monsters and even though I would have liked to learn more than I ended up learning, I still enjoyed it. I also loved the twists and turns. There was one specific twist I won't mention that literally made me gasp out loud.
Overall, this was such a great book. It was spooky and unnerving but also deep.
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After that initial reaction, I was like You know what... whatever. I'll read it. And so I did and holy mother forking shirt balls. You guys this book was A-MA-ZING.
It was so much better than it's predecessor, I think. I saw the movie. I didn't read the book. Oops. But I still loved it more.
This book goes much, much deeper than just a post-apocalyptic novel. It's the story of a mother who will do anything she can to protect her children. A mother who is trying to figure out the difference between surviving and living.
Malorie takes place years after the events of Bird Box. We follow Malorie, Olympia, and Tom years after they escaped from the Janet Tucker School for the Blind after the creatures invaded it. Malorie now believes that the monsters can drive people insane via vision AND touch.
Olympia and Tom have known nothing except Malorie's strict rules but Tom, being a teenager, begins to become curious and rebellious.
The further I got into the story, the more I fell in love with it. It explores the idea of what is life. Is it just surviving? Or is it something more? What is that something more?
I loved the exploration of the monsters and even though I would have liked to learn more than I ended up learning, I still enjoyed it. I also loved the twists and turns. There was one specific twist I won't mention that literally made me gasp out loud.
Overall, this was such a great book. It was spooky and unnerving but also deep.
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nenation's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
5.0
infinite_kay's review against another edition
3.0
Bird Box is one of my favorite horror books, and I quite enjoyed the movie. There was no doubt in my mind I would want to read Malorie, even though I didn’t feel a sequel was needed. It’s safe to say I went in with low expectations!
Maybe that’s why I thought the book was somewhat entertaining. Was it as good as Bird Box? No, and to be honest, it didn’t come close. But it developed some interesting ideas within the world Malerman created, several I hadn’t really thought about before.
I was quickly hooked : this imagined future is as intriguing and bleak as before, and the pace is quite quick. There’s action, danger, twists, lots of suspense. There’s annoying characters, too, but I didn’t mind them too much.
But all along, I kept thinking the story really wasn’t necessary. One of the strength of Bird Box is its ending, not quite opened but not quite completely closed either. A lot of its impact relies on the reader’s imagination. In Malorie, we learn more about the world and the “creatures”. And for each question that is answered, or tentatively answered, five more appear, making the worldbuilding feel a bit more shaky and less “possible”. Consequently, I felt it lost some of its impact.
All in all, Malorie was entertaining but didn’t quite work for me. I still enjoyed Josh Malerman’s writing though, so I know I’ll want to read more from him in the future.
Maybe that’s why I thought the book was somewhat entertaining. Was it as good as Bird Box? No, and to be honest, it didn’t come close. But it developed some interesting ideas within the world Malerman created, several I hadn’t really thought about before.
I was quickly hooked : this imagined future is as intriguing and bleak as before, and the pace is quite quick. There’s action, danger, twists, lots of suspense. There’s annoying characters, too, but I didn’t mind them too much.
But all along, I kept thinking the story really wasn’t necessary. One of the strength of Bird Box is its ending, not quite opened but not quite completely closed either. A lot of its impact relies on the reader’s imagination. In Malorie, we learn more about the world and the “creatures”. And for each question that is answered, or tentatively answered, five more appear, making the worldbuilding feel a bit more shaky and less “possible”. Consequently, I felt it lost some of its impact.
All in all, Malorie was entertaining but didn’t quite work for me. I still enjoyed Josh Malerman’s writing though, so I know I’ll want to read more from him in the future.
goodnewsblues's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
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
4.0
atleastelise's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Ok, sorry but this did not need to be written. Bird Box was a 5 star read for me and this book was a terrible sequel.
This book started out interesting enough, however completely fell apart for me when I 1. Realized this was the same book as Bird Box just slightly different and 2. How it ended — there were just so weird coincidences and everything was tied to neatly for me. There wasn’t that much of a big bad in the book and for the most part I found it extremely boring.
This book started out interesting enough, however completely fell apart for me when I 1. Realized this was the same book as Bird Box just slightly different and 2. How it ended — there were just so weird coincidences and everything was tied to neatly for me. There wasn’t that much of a big bad in the book and for the most part I found it extremely boring.
lefttoread's review against another edition
3.0
This definitely wasn't as good as Bird Box but there's something about these books, this post apocalyptic world with these creatures that make me happy. I've always wanted to get into post apocalyptic books and these are the only ones that I've managed to enjoy so far which says something.
I like that it's shorter and it could come off as a novella and I think I'd kind of like a third book to see how things have progressed which I wouldn't usually want from these type of books.
I really can't stick my finger on it but I just really enjoy being with these characters around these creatures even if a whole lot doesn't happen. Although Tom really did piss me off for 90% of the book but I get why he acts the way he does.
I like that it's shorter and it could come off as a novella and I think I'd kind of like a third book to see how things have progressed which I wouldn't usually want from these type of books.
I really can't stick my finger on it but I just really enjoy being with these characters around these creatures even if a whole lot doesn't happen. Although Tom really did piss me off for 90% of the book but I get why he acts the way he does.
heatherv's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
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? Yes
5.0
meagan_young's review against another edition
3.0
Not at all the same reading experience as Bird Box, this was much... less. I didn’t feel fully interested until a plot twist about 70% through. The writing didn’t feel as clean, I had to reread parts, or things were very repetitive. And the ending was kind of anticlimactic. Still, I wanted to know what was going to happen, and there was good depth to the story. You could definitely read Bird Box as a stand-alone and be perfectly happy.
ratstick's review against another edition
3.0
Malorie was insufferable and the ending came in a flurry of events so it didn't feel like there was any continuity between climax and ending? It felt like "oh well now we're gonna tie up all these loose ends with a pretty bow, thanks for reading bye!" But I liked the kids grown up and there were other good characters too.