Whoever recommended "Bird Box"

[hokiegirl82]

Thank you! I just finished it, in just 3 short days. That's the fastest I've read a book in the 18 months since DS was born, it was so hard to put down. I hope a sequel is written, the author's style of writing is awesome.

[underwaterrhymes]

YAY!

I plan on recruiting everyone.

[Elsa]

I read for two hours last night and then had nightmares. UGH

I'm hoping to finish it tonight maybe so I can read something happy. lol

[underwaterrhymes]

I'm seriously so excited.

The only other book I have felt this invested in is Shantaram and no one ever reads that.

[Elsa]

I read Shantaram after you recommended it! I enjoyed it! I think he is writing a sequel

[underwaterrhymes]

Nov 19, 2015 18:20:11 GMT -5 Elsa said:

I read Shantaram after you recommended it! I enjoyed it! I think he is writing a sequel

It just came out!

It's not getting great reviews, unfortunately.

[shamrockshake]

I put it on hold at the library. I'm scared though

[isabel]

I just put it on hold. I'm only going to be able to read it when DH is home, so it might take me a bit to get through.

[isabel]

Nov 19, 2015 19:30:06 GMT -5 incogneato said:

Yeah, I'm going to wait until DH comes home from his trip, then only read it in the morning, if I'm smart. Blah. I can't say no to a good book but trying to protect my children from danger is ALREADY my anxiety trigger!

Lol jinx.

[RoxMonster]

I love creepy books. And I have been looking for something to read over my Thanksgiving break next week!

[vamoose]

Just loaded the ebook from our library to my phone to read. Thanks!

[textbookcase]

So good, I downloaded it after all of the raves here and finished it in a few hours. I couldn't put it down!

[textbookcase]

Nov 20, 2015 7:49:09 GMT -5 RexManningDay said:

Nov 20, 2015 7:34:16 GMT -5 TR said:

I really want to get this book. I love suspense. But I'm so worried I'll be scared and have nightmares! Decisions, decisions.

Honestly it wasn't nightmare scary for me. Just very intense.

Agreed, it was very intense but I wasn't scared at all. It's not overly gory or anything. Although I'm not very easily scared by books or movies. It was really good!

[sapphireblue]

Based on the description I just read of it, I don't think I want to read it. HOWEVER, I am going to request Shantaram!

[underwaterrhymes]

Nov 20, 2015 12:24:11 GMT -5 sapphireblue said:

Based on the description I just read of it, I don't think I want to read it. HOWEVER, I am going to request Shantaram!

Shantaram is my favorite book ever:

It's wicked long and the language is laughably flowery at times. But it made me laugh out loud and cry and I've read it over and over I love it so much.

VERY different read than Bird Box.

[underwaterrhymes]

Nov 20, 2015 7:53:31 GMT -5 TR said:

Nov 20, 2015 7:49:09 GMT -5 RexManningDay said:

Honestly it wasn't nightmare scary for me. Just very intense.

Oh good! That's kind of what I want. It's in my "Saved for Later" on Amazon, I just have to pull the trigger, haha. I think I'll get it for our trip to NYC to read on the plane.

I didn't have nightmares, although I did find it scary in the way I find movies scary when you're covering your eyes waiting for something to happen.

It's not torture porn scary by any stretch of the imagination. I can't read or watch those because they DO give me nightmares.

[sapphireblue]

Nov 20, 2015 12:29:41 GMT -5 underwaterrhymes said:

Nov 20, 2015 12:24:11 GMT -5 sapphireblue said:

Based on the description I just read of it, I don't think I want to read it. HOWEVER, I am going to request Shantaram!

Shantaram is my favorite book ever:

It's wicked long and the language is laughably flowery at times. But it made me laugh out loud and cry and I've read it over and over I love it so much.

VERY different read than Bird Box.

This bodes well for me then. I love books that make me laugh and cry and that really stay with me. I hate flowery language, but it isn't a deal breaker. I might skip some passages here and there, though. 

[underwaterrhymes]

Nov 20, 2015 12:31:36 GMT -5 sapphireblue said:

Nov 20, 2015 12:29:41 GMT -5 underwaterrhymes said:

Shantaram is my favorite book ever:

It's wicked long and the language is laughably flowery at times. But it made me laugh out loud and cry and I've read it over and over I love it so much.

VERY different read than Bird Box.

This bodes well for me then. I love books that make me laugh and cry and that really stay with me. I hate flowery language, but it isn't a deal breaker. I might skip some passages here and there, though. 

It's not flowery like Nicholas Spark flowery. He just gets overly descriptive with words sometimes. But it usually works because the subject matter isn't flowery.

[deanlicker78]

I just finished the book. I downloaded it on Audible so I could listen to it at work.

It did not terrify me, but the suspense was amazing! Two friends at work were asking wtf was going on because I would get to a very intense part and I would stop walking in the hallway because apparently I couldn't walk and focus on what I was hearing at the same time.

[jek]

So would bird box be a bad idea for a book club? We all take turns choosing a book and I like to push the envelope a bit, most people pick something fairly mainstream and conservative (historic fiction, romance/drama). I'm really intrigued by the description and all the reviews, but would it be too intense?

[spwspw]

So how "scary" is this book? On par with a Stephen King horror? Or just intense/suspenseful? I can deal with intense fiction novels about serial killers (gosh that sounds awful), is it worse than that?

[underwaterrhymes]

Nov 20, 2015 14:02:16 GMT -5 spwspw said:

So how "scary" is this book? On par with a Stephen King horror? Or just intense/suspenseful? I can deal with intense fiction novels about serial killers (gosh that sounds awful), is it worse than that?

For me it was the scariest book I've read in awhile. But this is due to the fact that the reader is essentially as blind as the characters.

It's not as scary as, say, It, but I found it more intense than something like that because you are completely pulled into the characters' experiences.

[underwaterrhymes]

Nov 20, 2015 12:46:39 GMT -5 jek said:

So would bird box be a bad idea for a book club? We all take turns choosing a book and I like to push the envelope a bit, most people pick something fairly mainstream and conservative (historic fiction, romance/drama). I'm really intrigued by the description and all the reviews, but would it be too intense?

Have you guys read horror / suspense before? I would totally read this in a book club, but I like the genre.

It's not super gory (although there are a few parts that are), but it's not a fluffy read. If your group prefers beach reads, this isn't it.

[Deleted]

I am going to get it at the library. Maybe right now.