Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Bird Box by Josh Malerman

75 reviews

asmei's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Blood, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Cursing and Injury/Injury detail

rhgrimes's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

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

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

tarshka's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

1.0

The longer I listened, the more problems I had with the story. So many things seemed to happen entirely because it would be inconvenient for the main character if they happened at that time, without making sense within the premise of the story. For instance,

birds are affected by the creatures and kill themselves, yet 4 years after the creatures arrive and most humans seem to be dead, there are still birds all over the place so they can kill themselves for a shocking scene.

I'm not saying don't give characters challenges, I just like it to happen in a way that doesn't feel like there is no consistency to the setting and premise. 

I still think about this book sometimes. Which is maybe good for it, cause it had some staying power in my mind? But my thoughts are mostly about how much it annoyed me, a trait it shares with Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey, which is my least favorite book I've actually finished. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Self harm

epeolatrist's review

dark mysterious 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Suicide

Moderate: Child death and Blood

rafacolog's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Suicide, Blood, and Grief

miuku's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Self harm, Blood, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death

shay_talksbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

A very tense read that I struggled to put down. The anxiety and fear came through loud and clear. Fantastic book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Violence, and Blood

whitliterate's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood