Don is revealed to have been secretly sheltering Gary in the cellar the latter confronts Malorie and reveals that he and Frank are the same person. Olympia and Malorie go into labor and are taken to the attic to give birth. Over the next few months, the survivors use a phone book to call various numbers and leave messages on various answering machines, but they receive no response. Don becomes increasingly withdrawn and moves to the cellar. She reveals this to the housemates, leading to a majority vote in favor of Gary's eviction. Suspicious, Malorie secretly opens Gary's briefcase and finds "Frank's" journal. Gary befriends Don, frequently discussing Frank's ideology. He claims to have left his previous refuge because Frank, a recluse obsessed with writing in journals, believed the threat was merely caused by mass hysteria, going so far as to uncover the windows and open the doors to prove it. On their way home, they encounter a tent bizarrely in the middle of the street in front of their house.Īfter months of isolation, a man named Gary asks for asylum. They find some birds in a box and decide to use them as an alarm, as they become agitated every time the creature approaches. He and Jules search nearby houses for supplies and dogs to train, as Jules does not want to put Victor at risk. Tom suggests using dogs to navigate when traveling outside the house, believing they may be immune to the creature. This tactic failed and George killed himself afterward. Tom explains that the original owner of the safe house, George, had a theory that the entity could be seen indirectly without repercussions: to test the hypothesis, he recorded footage from a window and then watched it again after being tied to a chair by his companions. The group barricades themselves in the house, only going out blindfolded to get water or dispose of garbage. Not being able to determine exactly what the threat is, the population runs for cover by hiding in their homes and covering the windows.įollowing the death of her sister Shannon, who committed suicide after accidentally looking out the window, Malorie follows a newspaper advertisement to a safe house with other survivors: Tom, Jules and his dog Victor, Felix, Don, Cheryl and Olympia, who, like Malorie, is about four months pregnant. The madness seems to be generated by "something", believed to be an entity, which causes people to develop sudden and violent suicidal tendencies just by looking at it. After becoming pregnant following a one-night stand, Malorie realizes that the phenomenon has reached the United States. International news sources report a series of cases involving people suddenly flying into homicidal and suicidal madness. The novel is narrated in the first person by the protagonist, Malorie, and takes place in the present day with alternating flashback sequences. Bird Box was adapted into a film of the same name in 2018. The story is partially told via flashbacks and takes place during three time periods.Ī sequel to the book, titled Malorie, was released on July 21, 2020. The book follows a woman who must find a way to guide herself and her children to safety despite the potential threat from an unseen adversary. The book was first published in the United Kingdom on March 27, 2014, through Harper Voyager and in the United States on May 13, 2014, through Ecco Press. Bird Box is a 2014 post-apocalyptic novel and the debut novel by American writer and singer Josh Malerman.
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