Bird Box

With the release of the Netflix adaptation of the book, most people are groaning at the concept of Bird Box.
With the switching of literary timing, and the narrator’s inability to cope with her surroundings without leaning on Tom to do everything for her, the film has been seen as a flop.The book isn’t much better, unfortunately, but it is a lot more gruesome and descriptive in it’s details of deaths. This time dogs and birds are included in the carnage (thankfully this was removed for the film). Obviously artistic liberties are taken between book and movie, but people and scenes are recreated at the director’s leisure.

In truth, I liked the movie, and the book was pretty decent (minus the animal deaths), but there’s obviously some things that were lacking; the monsters being one.

For those who haven’t read the book, or for those who don’t have Netflix; the plot follows a single pregnant mother named Mallory and her quest to protect her unborn child from all the dangers of the unseen world. What starts as some suicide reports from Russia and Alaska leads to “monsters” appearing right outside everyone’s doors; rumors suggesting if you look at the creature you go mad, killing yourself and those around you. Mallory risks her life, after losing her sister, and goes to a house that was in a newspaper ad offering the home to those with nowhere to go looking for safety. After arriving, she befriends the housemates and assists them with day-to-day life, but unfortunately everyone’s world tumbles out of control with the addition of a few more housemates.