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Bird Box
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Narrated by:
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Katharine Mangold
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By:
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Josh Malerman
About this listen
Josh Malerman’s debut novel Bird Box is a terrifying, Hitchcockesque psychological horror that is sure to stay with you long after reading.
Malorie raises the children the only way she can; indoors.
The house is quiet. The doors are locked, the curtains are closed, mattresses are nailed over the windows.
They are out there. She might let them in.
The children sleep in the bedroom across the hall.
Soon she will have to wake them. Soon she will have to blindfold them.
Today they must leave the house. Today they will risk everything.
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Critic reviews
‘BIRD BOX turns the old Hollywood cliché of facing down the demon inside out – then tears it into little pieces’
Daily Mail
‘A book that demands to be read in a single sitting, and through the cracks between one's fingers'
Hugh Howey
‘A lean, spellbinding thriller that Stephen King fans will relish.’
Publishers Weekly (STARRED REVIEW)
‘You wonder whether that brush against your shoulder was some unspeakable horror or merely a falling leaf’
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‘This completely compelling novel contains a thousand subtle touches but no mere flourishes – it is so well, so efficiently, so directly written I read it with real admiration’
Peter Straub
‘Nailbiting … will keep you gripped till the last chapter’
SciFiNow
'Unflagging suspense and ever-present dread’
Adam Nevill
'Uniquely disturbing, exceptionally compelling and beautifully written, I defy anyone not to read it in one sitting'
Sarah Pinborough
‘An unsettling thriller, earns comparisons to Hitchcock's The Birds, as well as the finer efforts of Stephen King and cult sci-fi fantasist Jonathan Carroll.’
– Kirkus (STARRED REVIEW)
Where does Bird Box rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
One of the best! I found myself completely caught up in it. Excellently written, perfectly performed and a very good and quite terrifying story.What other book might you compare Bird Box to, and why?
Touch of The Birds, touch of The Walking Dead - but this apocalyptic story wasn't really like either of them, it just made me think of them in certain ways.What about Katharine Mangold’s performance did you like?
Some reviewers have criticized Katherine Mangold's performance and this actually made me hesitate before buying it. But I'm SO glad i did buy it because it's a wonderful and powerful book and I found her reading of it to be exactly right. It suits the story, the situation and the characters. Her reading isn't flat and dull, it's measured and fitting for the woman who is the main character. She became Mallory in my mind. And where excitement and tension were required, she put it in her reading. Well done, Katherine!If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
It would have to be "Don't open your eyes".Any additional comments?
Only - buy this!! It starts off slowly but soon it's totally gripping and involving. Terrifying in a subtle and insidious way, and quite different probably, than what you'd expect. And I actually had a tear in my eye at the perfect ending.Gripping and unusual!
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Based upon this reading, there’s nothing to compel me to listen to the next volume in the story.
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The best book I’ve ever listened to!
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