Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Bird Box by Josh Malerman

50 reviews

icephoenix44's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-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? No

3.5

plot wise it was fine, just the writing felt too simple and bland. could used some better words to describe the imagery imo

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Suicide, and Pregnancy

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

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: Body horror, Pregnancy, Animal death, Suicide, Death of parent, Vomit, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

astareads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Flat characters, massive plot holes and contradictions. And for some reason

the only death described is that of a dog?

I believe there would've been potential for better, as the idea is really interesting, but it feels like the author focused more on building a timeline than giving the characters any depth or creating consistency.

The movie, in this case, works better and takes less time off your life!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Confinement, Suicide, Animal death, Pregnancy, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Child death

belou's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, Pregnancy, Confinement, Body horror, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

lay_kone's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Self harm, Animal death, Suicide, Child death, Grief, Pregnancy, and Violence

Minor: Vomit

pholcidae's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

It was a good book and the story is interesting. The writing is slightly hasty and sometimes moves too quickly to really feel the fear the characters are feeling, but I enjoy the concept and would read a sequel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Child death, Death, Animal death, Pregnancy, Suicide, and Death of parent

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: Pregnancy, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Self harm

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

Minor: Animal death

mckensi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Stalking, Animal cruelty, Blood, Car accident, Gore, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Excrement, Chronic illness, Pregnancy, Animal death, Vomit, Confinement, Death of parent, Suicide, Body horror, Mental illness, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic