Hardcover, 272 pages
Published May 13th 2014 by Ecco
Omg omg omg! This book is absolutely fantastic. I literally could have read the whole thing in one night, but I restrained myself. This is definitely a book for adults who aren't squeamish because it WILL give you nightmares.
Bird Box is an apocalyptic story with an unknown predator. They call them the creatures, but nobody for sure knows what they are. Once someone sees a creature they go insane, they become hostile and murderous before killing themselves. Those who have kept their eyes shut, the survivors, live in houses with covered windows in fear of looking outside. Our main character, Malorie, just lost her sister and has lost contact to her parents. Remembering an advertisement in the paper about a safe house, Malorie puts her life and the life of her unborn child at risk to drive there, keeping her eyes closed as much as possible.
The story jumps from the future, when Malorie is caring for two four year old children to almost 5 years earlier in the same house with other survivors. The jumps between past and present create a sense of foreboding. Why is Malorie alone in the future, raising two children? What happens to the other housemates? And when she decides to leave, what is out there with her that her children keep hearing?
This is one of the best apocalyptic type books I have ever read. This review is very short because I don't want to spoil anything. Josh Malerman is an exceptional writer and I cannot recommend this book highly enough.
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