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A review by aprillynn
Bird Box by Josh Malerman
dark
slow-paced
4.0
Okay, Okay, I committed the ultimate bookworm sin, AGAIN! I read this book AFTER seeing the movie, but to be fair I didn’t know there was a book for about a year after seeing the movie. Watching the movie before reading the book is truly something I try to avoid, but it seems like in less than a month I have committed this sin TWICE!! OH THE HORROR!!!
With this one I found myself sayig, “But that is not how it happened in the movie!” in the best possible way. While the plot of the story and many of the characters were of the same nature, the book just added more details as usual. It was nice to see more depth to the characters where the reader got to know them as well as they got to know the main character, Malorie. The author also switched between Malorie’s time in the house with her “housemates” as well as her time on the river with “Boy” and “Girl” whereas in the movie it went straight through if I’m remembering correctly. I felt this added depth as well and kept the reader interested instead of just one long mundane story of strangers being brought together in an attempt of survival from something that cannot be seen or you otherwise go “mad.”
I rated “Bird Box” four out of five because while I enjoyed the story line and movement of the plot, there were a few chapters where I had to figure out WHO was speaking. The author threw in a couple chapters where someone other than Malorie was telling the story, and while I understand WHY those parts were important, it would have been nice to have a header or indicator that another character was speaking so the reader didn’t have to figure out while Malorie was doing what she was doing when it really wasn’t her at all.
All in all I will be reading the sequel once I read one other book I have queued for the month of February!
With this one I found myself sayig, “But that is not how it happened in the movie!” in the best possible way. While the plot of the story and many of the characters were of the same nature, the book just added more details as usual. It was nice to see more depth to the characters where the reader got to know them as well as they got to know the main character, Malorie. The author also switched between Malorie’s time in the house with her “housemates” as well as her time on the river with “Boy” and “Girl” whereas in the movie it went straight through if I’m remembering correctly. I felt this added depth as well and kept the reader interested instead of just one long mundane story of strangers being brought together in an attempt of survival from something that cannot be seen or you otherwise go “mad.”
I rated “Bird Box” four out of five because while I enjoyed the story line and movement of the plot, there were a few chapters where I had to figure out WHO was speaking. The author threw in a couple chapters where someone other than Malorie was telling the story, and while I understand WHY those parts were important, it would have been nice to have a header or indicator that another character was speaking so the reader didn’t have to figure out while Malorie was doing what she was doing when it really wasn’t her at all.
All in all I will be reading the sequel once I read one other book I have queued for the month of February!