Don't you just hate when you read a review on Goodreads that really excites you, read the book, and then let out a huge 'meh'? This is what happened to me with this one. I was looking for horror. Like, absolute TERROR. I wanted to have nightmares and the full package. What I got was the average Saturday afternoon American disaster movie in book form. I didn't hate it - check the 'it's okay' two stars. But still. 'Meh!' 
 The premise is sort of interesting, even if nothing particularly new. Have you read Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets? If you have, you've seen (or not! Haha, pun) this before. A sort of creature that can't be looked at appears on Earth, thus forcing the entire humankind to withdraw into locked up window-less houses. Going outside requires blindfolds, as if you look even indirectly at one of the creatures you'll be driven mad and driven to commit mass murder and suicide. A bit over the top? Just go with the flow. 
 If you've seen any apocalyptic movie, you can predict pretty much all that happens. To be fair, the book tells you beforehand that most of the characters will be gone anytime soon. It's just a matter of when and how. You may think that that will make you edgy thinking 'this is it' every step of the way, but not as much as what could be expected. 
 Going back to the topic of my previous review, also here the gender roles are a bit too traditional to my taste. Men are resourceful, women are good breeders. Conveniently, the main character, Malorie, is a bit of both. So I guess Mr. Malerman could argue I have no room to complain? But I like to complain. 
 A major flaw I found in this book is that for a narrative focussed on a community enclosed in a small environment, not only there was no proper character growth, but their construction was a bit deficient from the very beginning. Far from being individualized, they don't even become tropes. I'm not sure what Malerman wanted each of them to be. 
 Then again, another excellent summer holiday read. If you choose to read it, just lie down in your couch and enjoy without thinking too much.