Bird Box

Incredible! It's been a long long time since I devoured a book as much as “Bird Box”. I couldn't put it down. I won't give too much away, because I think everyone should get into this without reading too much about it beforehand.

“Bird Box” creeped me out more than any other book so far. It's the combination of hopelessness and emptiness with the ever present danger waiting for you to lower your guard and make one small mistake. Just as the characters in the book, you never know what the danger is, but you sure as hell know there has to be something because people die horribly. So you'll have to barricade yourself, you have to put on a blindfold, and you have to try to leave the house as little as possible. But in the same time you want to fight it, you want to try and make sense of it, all while keeping your eyes closed.

And this abundance of sight that Josh Malerman introduces, is an incredible medium of horror. Every moment outside the house, from small visits to the well, to the incredible voyage on the river is pure terror. Outside of your blindfold is the beautiful world with its vibrant colors that you haven't experienced for years. But you know that it's empty of most human life. But there has to be something with you, because you can hear it...

The story follows a handful of survivors as they barricade themselves in a house and try to cope with their losses and the hopelessness of the future. The characters are strong and you can feel the heavy burden on all of their shoulders.

It all feels realistic. You can easily believe that it would all play out like this, in such a scenario. Hope, love, hate, distrust, anger...

For me one of the best books I've read in years.