Soon, the scattered reports became more frequent, and hysteria spreads throughout Malorie’s hometown.
At first, there were just rumors and scattered reports about people doing unimaginable things to themselves. It has been nearly five years since the world ended. When I was recently in the UK and saw the gorgeous hardcover copy of Bird Box, I purchased it immediately. Why did I read this book: I love horror novels and vow to read and review more of them in 2014. How did I get this book: Bought (UK edition) The children sleep in the bedroom across the hall. The doors are locked, the curtains are closed, mattresses are nailed over the windows. Malorie raises the children the only way she can indoors. And soon, they began happening down the street.
Most people ignored the outrageous reports on the news.īut they became too frequent, they became too real.
Read more ‘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’ SFX ‘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.Publisher: Harper Voyager (UK) / Ecco (US) ‘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.
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