Review: Bird Box by Josh Malerman

Something is out there . . .
Something terrifying that must not be seen. One glimpse and a person is driven to deadly violence. No one knows what it is or where it came from.
Five years after it began, a handful of scattered survivors remain, including Malorie and her two young children. Living in an abandoned house near the river, Malorie has long dreamed of fleeing to a place where her family might be safe. But the journey ahead will be terrifying: twenty miles downriver in a rowboat—blindfolded—with nothing to rely on but Malorie's wits and the children's trained ears. One wrong choice and they will die. And something is following them. But is it man, animal, or monster?
Engulfed in darkness, surrounded by sounds both familiar and frightening, Malorie embarks on a harrowing odyssey—a trip that takes her into an unseen world and back into the past, to the companions who once saved her. Under the guidance of the stalwart Tom, a motley group of strangers banded together against the unseen terror, creating order from the chaos. But when supplies ran low, they were forced to venture outside—and confront the ultimate question: in a world gone mad, who can really be trusted?
Interweaving past and present, Josh Malerman's breathtaking debut is a horrific and gripping snapshot of a world unraveled that will have you racing to the final page.

A blogger whose opinion I trusted said that this book was REALLY good and scary. I also read other reviews claiming that this was a good book. We are in the scary season so I was like, what better time to read it?

Well.. I am sure that the people who really liked this book had their reasons for liking it. Me? I thought it was stupid and boring. I should have DNFed it, but I was like what if on the NEXT page it picks up? So on I read. It never picked up. In fact, the main plot is a mother and her two kids rowing down a river blindfolded.  There is some back story which is slightly more interesting. I mean something that causes you to kill yourself if you look at it? It details how people go about their lives blindfolded. It was kinda interesting. KINDA. But the main plot of rowing down a river blindfolded being scared shitless? OKKKKK Whatever floats your boat.  There were exactly TWO things that happened that could have saved the plot but nooooooo. I got the feeling that the authour is one of those let’s end this sucker on a good note kinda dude. One of those happy endings dudes.  I am all for happy endings but not in a horror book. I mean seriously. Upon further thought, I decided that overall it was OK. I gave it two stars cause there were some points in it that I liked. I am just glad I didn’t really BUY this book and was out 15 dollars. My advice is to borrow this book from the library then if you are one of those who really really like it then you can buy one for yourself.