I was in love with this until ~95% mark. Still, it did alright for most of the book.

The consistency in tone and style between Bird Box and Malorie was impressive. It was tense, fast, and painful in the early part of the book. Later on, that started to die down, but at least it was trying to be something different. 

I did not love the conclusion to the book. My biggest gripe is that ending.

Really, it started to falter for me when they made it to the train. Then, the ending felt very tame compared to the first book and beginning of this one that none of the three of them died, none of Tom’s rebellion caused problems. Nice that they got a happy ending, sure, but kind of felt inconsistent. The world suddenly felt much safer. Tom’s invention was also a bit dumb.

It was a fine sequel, despite its flaws, and I’m glad we got to find out what happened to Malorie and the kids.