Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Bird Box - Schließe deine Augen by Josh Malerman

66 reviews

mikileann's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I was mentally preparing myself to absolutely not like this book, as the movie was such a flop. However, I was quickly whiplashed as the story took unpredictable twists and turns. My anxiety was with them the entire time. This book is definitely not for the faint of heart, there are many gruesome scenes which is why I’ve included such a strong content warning— some were so incredibly shocking that I had to put the book down to compose myself. This book is such a thriller, and I highly recommend to anyone looking to be on the edge of your seat the entire time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Self harm, Suicide, and Violence

btemplet's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

rachelunabridged's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, and Grief

Minor: Child death

blackraven672's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Violence

ineedrhythm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Violence, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

theelizabethjoy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

This book is very well-written. I put off watching the movie until I could read the book. The internal monologue of Malorie was very annoying and almost made me DNF but the story itself prevailed and made me push through. 

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Content Warnings

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

nyxix's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Child abuse and Murder

Minor: Animal death

jadelauren93's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Violence

opplecopter's review against another edition

dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

goldstrawberry's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Blood, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Gore, Violence, and Vomit

I think this was a great book but while reading the snippets about the pregnancies and the birthing scene I couldn’t stop thinking about how it was written by a man