![]() I guess I’ll have to be one of the few dissenting voices. They talk about how riveting and suspenseful the book is and how they felt compelled to finish it in a single reading. Most people who review the book seem to love it. 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.Įver since its Booker nomination (it made the shortlist), Room by Irish writer Emma Donoghue has set the literary world on fire. What she does not realize is just how unprepared she is for the plan to actually work. She devises a bold escape plan, one that relies on her young son's bravery and a lot of luck. Through determination, ingenuity, and fierce motherly love, Ma has created a life for Jack. Room is home to Jack, but to Ma, it is the prison where Old Nick has held her captive for seven years. At night, his Ma shuts him safely in the wardrobe, where he is meant to be asleep when Old Nick visits. 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. ![]() To five-year-old Jack, Room is the entire world. Told in the inventive, funny, and poignant voice of Jack, Room is a celebration of resilience-and a powerful story of a mother and son whose love lets them survive the impossible. ![]() ![]() To five-year-old-Jack, Room is the world. ![]()
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