Man is the Creature He Fears

'"Imp" is too kind. "Savage" too human. 
Malorie is not only afraid of the things that wade in the river, she is also fascinated by them.
Do they know what they do? Do they mean what they do?"
Josh Malerman
Bird Box

Bird Box, by Josh Malerman, is probably the scariest book I have ever read. People begin to suddenly go mad and kill those around them, and then themselves. Reports circulate that they have seen something. Five years after these events began to occur, Malorie lives in an abandoned house with her two small children. The windows are boarded up and they only go outside with blindfolds on. Her children have never seen the sky. This book follows them on a journey to a safer place, a terrifying journey twenty miles down river, while something follows them.

This book was phenomenal and utterly terrifying. Malermans use of flashbacks and language had me on the edge of my seat the whole time I read this book. Not one to read at night, it is an interesting look into how humans might act and survive when encountering and truly unknown being that causes such extreme reactions. If you like horror, this is the book for you. So well done.