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maryehavens's review against another edition
3.0
The version I listened to was a BBC audio dramatization of the Du Maurier short story. It's less than an hour.
First: HUGE Hitchcock fan. It's very interesting to me how this story turned into the movie (I just looked up a bit about the screenplay and it makes sense).
While this story has many parallels to the movie, it's really it's own thing and almost difficult to make comparisons. There's the bird attacks but the setting of the story is hyper local to just a few farms. The characters reason that the birds are attacking all of Great Britain and are left to fend for themselves. There is much more of a focus on the darker side of humanity versus a focus on the birds themselves. The characters reference their survival tactics used during WWII and, apparently, the birds are an animal representation of the Blitz on London during that time.
Listening to the dramatization, I was a bit shocked at how dissimilar the two stories are. I prefer the movie, only because I am more familiar with it, and my apocalyptic meter is pretty full with slogging through The Stand (almost done!). The movie had a bit more hope or, at minimum, ambiguity that the birds were everywhere.
Still like the story - it was fairly horrific for such a short one!
First: HUGE Hitchcock fan. It's very interesting to me how this story turned into the movie (I just looked up a bit about the screenplay and it makes sense).
While this story has many parallels to the movie, it's really it's own thing and almost difficult to make comparisons. There's the bird attacks but the setting of the story is hyper local to just a few farms. The characters reason that the birds are attacking all of Great Britain and are left to fend for themselves. There is much more of a focus on the darker side of humanity versus a focus on the birds themselves. The characters reference their survival tactics used during WWII and, apparently, the birds are an animal representation of the Blitz on London during that time.
Listening to the dramatization, I was a bit shocked at how dissimilar the two stories are. I prefer the movie, only because I am more familiar with it, and my apocalyptic meter is pretty full with slogging through The Stand (almost done!). The movie had a bit more hope or, at minimum, ambiguity that the birds were everywhere.
Still like the story - it was fairly horrific for such a short one!
meghendy's review against another edition
4.0
Such a good spooky short story!!!!!!! Audiobook was 1000000/10
theravenqueen's review against another edition
4.0
It's quite different than the movie and a lot creepier if you ask me.
ailurolily's review against another edition
3.25
ok I don't remember much from The Birds. I wasn't too engaged, but I'm not a massive horror fan so that probably contributed a lot to my apathy towards it. I'm also a big reader of character focused stories, so if the characters don't excite me, I'm out. not a bad story by any means, though, don't get me wrong
amieoo's review against another edition
5.0
Wow, okay that was intense, but such a well-written and good story! It's such a grim story and the way it expresses the fear of towards the birds is extremely good.
carlafiorenzo's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
paperbacks_and_priyam's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
4.0
bored_and_confused's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
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
3.0
linw21's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0