Plot: To five-year-old Jack, Room is the entire world. It is where he was born and grew up; it's where he lives with his Ma as they learn and read and eat and sleep and play. At night, his Ma shuts him safely in the wardrobe, where he is meant to be asleep when Old Nick visits.
Room is home to Jack, but to Ma, it is the prison where Old Nick has held her captive for seven years. Through determination, ingenuity, and fierce motherly love, Ma has created a life for Jack. But she knows it's not enough...not for her or for him. She devises a bold escape plan, one that relies on her young son's bravery and a lot of luck. What she does not realize is just how unprepared she is for the plan to actually work.
Told entirely in the language of the energetic, pragmatic five-year-old Jack, ROOM is a celebration of resilience and the limitless bond between parent and child, a brilliantly executed novel about what it means to journey from one world to another.
Review: I was worried this book would be too hard for me to read, especially as hormonal as I am right now. But I think because it's told from the point of view of a 5 year-old, it isn't hard to read. Jack has no clue about the horror of his situation, so it makes it really interesting to read his story. I definitely wouldn't have picked this book on my own, but I'm so glad I read it because it was so different and interesting. It is a fascinating read!
2 comments:
I read this book a year or so ago and finished it in less than 24 hours....with 3 kids that is hard to do, but I just could not put it down. It was easy to read, but hard at the same...it stayed with me a long time afterward. Awesome read though!!!
I read this book last year. I didn't love it. The perspective of writing from the 5-year-old's point of view felt too gimmicky, like the author was trying too hard.
Fascinating story, I just didn't love it.
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