A review by futurememory
Bird Box, by Josh Malerman
4.0
Another one in the books for October! I do love getting my creep on during this time of year...
Bird Box is definitely suspenseful, and really well-paced. If I had had the time, I could have easily devoured this in one sitting. Malerman's chapters are terse, and the novel is overall the perfect length. I enjoyed how much of Bird Box's world is unknown. What lurks where you can't see?
One criticism - Jose Saramago's Blindness has a LOT in common with Bird Box, and I found that classic to be far more harrowing and terrifying. Blindness is horrible, horrible reading. Unpleasant and awful, in the best possible way. Bird Box is faster, jumpier - the younger sibling, perhaps.
Still, really, really enjoyable.
Bird Box is definitely suspenseful, and really well-paced. If I had had the time, I could have easily devoured this in one sitting. Malerman's chapters are terse, and the novel is overall the perfect length. I enjoyed how much of Bird Box's world is unknown. What lurks where you can't see?
One criticism - Jose Saramago's Blindness has a LOT in common with Bird Box, and I found that classic to be far more harrowing and terrifying. Blindness is horrible, horrible reading. Unpleasant and awful, in the best possible way. Bird Box is faster, jumpier - the younger sibling, perhaps.
Still, really, really enjoyable.