Bird Box - Schließe deine Augen

/detailreiche/ Rezension auf meinem Blog: https://softheartswarmeyes.wordpress.com/2018/10/26/review-bird-box-josh-malerman-%F0%9F%8E%83/

Deutsche Kurzmeinung: SUPER interessantes Konzept, das mir so einige gruselige Gedankenexperimente in den Kopf eingepflanzt hat. Endlich mal wieder ein Buch, das ich nicht aus der Hand legen wollte und dass mich gleichermaßen interessiert und fasziniert zurückgelassen hat. Ich bin nicht unbedingt oft Thriller oder Horror-Leserin, aber vielleicht sollte ich das mal ändern, wenn dabei so gute Romane wie dieser herauskommen. Ich bin begeistert und werde mehr von Josh Malerman lesen, vielleicht sogar sehr bald. Würde ich eindeutig empfehlen!

This, this, this book impressed me. It’s the kind of book that makes you afraid of something completely normal to you. It’s the kind of book that changes you, the way you think. It’s one of those books that deal with such an interesting topic that you would’ve loved to come up with that yourself. I tremendously enjoyed this novel and I will definitely read another Josh Malerman book soon. You can quote me on that.

BIRD BOX has two timelines – the present and the past. Malorie didn’t always live in this different world. In the world where you could see something that drives you mad. Where you have to wear blindfolds every time of the day and night when you go outside. Nobody knows what exactly it is that makes you crazy. But it does. And it’s there. The PRESENT timeline deals with Malorie and her two children living in a house, waiting for the best day to start their journey on the river. The PAST timeline deals with the start of that phenomenon and how everything unraveled for Malorie and her sister.

I haven’t read THAT many Thriller and Horror novels but if this gem is an indication for what’s in store for me then I definitely need to read more of that genre. This was truly so very fascinating. I loved the overall plot of the story and the development of the story fragments themselves. But the one thing that absolutely made me adore this book were: the questions that entered my mind after thinking about the whole concept.