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A review by tuckeralmengor
Malorie by Josh Malerman
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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