Horror Science fiction Thriller 2001

Bird Box by Josh Malerman

Published in Spanish as A ciegas

Josh Malerman’s debut novel Bird Box is a terrifying, Hitchcockesque psychological horror that is sure to stay with you long after reading.

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What it is

Surviving with everything scarce · it gets under your skin

What happens in it

Survival

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How it's told

Structure
Two timelines
Who tells it
Third person, up close
Pulls you in with
The plot
Style
Easy to get into

Before you pick it up

Is it for you?

It's for you if…

  • you like stories about holding on, whatever it takes
  • you like reading with your heart in your mouth
  • you want to be properly scared

Maybe not if…

  • how it's written matters more to you than what happens
  • you're after something comforting

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