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Room

A Novel

By Emma Donoghue

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| Others | 9781554688319

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It would appear that Room by Emma Donoghue is the hot new novel for book groups this summer. It follows a long line of books that almost revel in the misfortunes of the victim - allowing middle class ladies in their book groups to enter the sinister ... (read full critics)

blogcritics published on Sun, 12 Jun 2011

Book Review: Room by Emma Donoghue Part of: Reviews in Brief Share

Room is told in the voice of a five year old boy who has been locked up with his mother in a sound-proofed shed for his entire life. His mother was abducted by a rapist and has been held in the shed for seven years, giving birth to the boy, Jack, alo ... (read full critics)

blogcritics published on Sun, 10 Apr 2011

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The most amazing read ever!

I got this book as a birthday present after seeing it advertised on the T.V and I have never read such an amazing novel. The development of Ma and Jack throughout the story is amazingly written and the novel itself is heart-wrenching and tear-jerking through out. I would recommend this to anyone who ... (continue)

I got this book as a birthday present after seeing it advertised on the T.V and I have never read such an amazing novel. The development of Ma and Jack throughout the story is amazingly written and the novel itself is heart-wrenching and tear-jerking through out. I would recommend this to anyone who is willing to let a book reduce them to tears. The most amazing book I have ever read.

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Callum Taylor said on Jun 19, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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The best book I have read so far in 2011. Moving and beautifully written, it made me spend hours locked to it.

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Maddalena Signorino said on May 2, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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A simple 'adventure' story told by a 5 years old boy. However, there're not much excitement or clearer description of how the mother / the boy changed their aspects/views.
At the end,the boy found how samll the room he had lived with his mother. What a contrast to his initial behaviour , refusin ... (continue)

A simple 'adventure' story told by a 5 years old boy. However, there're not much excitement or clearer description of how the mother / the boy changed their aspects/views.
At the end,the boy found how samll the room he had lived with his mother. What a contrast to his initial behaviour , refusing to leave the comfortable 'Room'. Same as our common behaviours, always refusing to leave the stable environment and explore more opportunities.There's a locked room inside our minds.

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Judith Y. said on Aug 15, 2011 | Add your feedback

This is a very moving and emotional novel that is going to stay with me for a long time. Imagine a five year old boy, Jack the protagonist of this shocking story, who believes that the 11 feet by 11 feet room that he and his mother live in is the entire world! A harrowing thought indeed and Emma Do ... (continue)

This is a very moving and emotional novel that is going to stay with me for a long time. Imagine a five year old boy, Jack the protagonist of this shocking story, who believes that the 11 feet by 11 feet room that he and his mother live in is the entire world! A harrowing thought indeed and Emma Donoghue has succeeded in writing a riveting novel that had me reading late into the night about this disturbing experience.
Her imagination really takes you into the world of Room, where Jack was born and has lived his entire life with his mother. The bond between mother and son has been strong enough that they have survived five years, though you really wonder how as you get drawn into this dark story. They spend the days exercising, playing, reading, learning, watching television, eating and sleeping; somehow surviving this unimaginable life on the small Sunday treats their gaoler allows them! Although a strange life for Jack, because he knows no different it is normal, especially as he believes that nothing he sees on television is actually real.
Room might be home to Jack but to his mother it has been a prison for seven years. As her son is growing up and becoming more curious about every aspect of their world, however limited it might be, she becomes more and more desperate about their situation. I am not going to reveal any more here for fear of spoiling it for any of you that may now be tempted to read this.
Full Review@ LIndyLouMac's Book Reviews
http://lindyloumacbookreviews.blogspot.com/2012/03/room…

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Lindyloumac said on Mar 5, 2012 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

Amazing...

Wow, okay so this was probably one of the best books I've read all year. I'm way behind on everyone else reading this because I've had so much much on my to-read list this year that I've been putting it off. When I think of some of the tripe I read when I could have been reading this...
Ma and Jac ... (continue)

Wow, okay so this was probably one of the best books I've read all year. I'm way behind on everyone else reading this because I've had so much much on my to-read list this year that I've been putting it off. When I think of some of the tripe I read when I could have been reading this...
Ma and Jack are two characters that will stay with you for the rest of your life more than likely. Basically the plot centers around the two of them for the majority of the book in what is basically a Fritzel scenario with a woman having been kidnapped and locked in a room where her kidnapper has repeatedly raped and abused her which eventually resulted in the birth of Jack. We meet Jack when he is just turning five and since his whole life has been spent in the confines of Room, he doesn't even understand the concepts of a world beyond his four walls. The innocence with which he describes his life and his daily routine in his surroundings is extremely humbling.
This child has never even played Tag nevermind owned an Xbox.
Ma's bravery and battle with coming to terms with everything she experienced is really brilliant. I love Ma but I just adored listening to Jack's inner monologue which was at times so sad and at times so innocently funny. I adored this book from start to finish and it just went too quickly. It really makes you appreciate your life and the things you take for granted every day. A cup of tea or a trip to the cinema takes on a whole new meaning when you've read this book. It moved me to tears, and when a book does that I know I've found something amazing.

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Lauraolsthoorn said on Mar 2, 2012 | Add your feedback

yep - a clever idea, well executed. child streams of consciousness work well. tugs on the heartstrings as you'd expect &, though implausible, keeps the pages turning.

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jon brown said on Feb 19, 2012 | Add your feedback