White Bird in a Blizzard has a score of 49 % on Metacritic from 23 critics which translates into mixed or average reviews .
The critical consensus states : `` Part suburban thriller , part sexual awakening drama – and fully convincing as neither – White Bird in a Blizzard rests a little too heavily on Shailene Woodley 's typically superlative work . ''
White Bird in a Blizzard