To five-year-old-Jack, Room is the world. . . . It's where he was born, it's where he and his Ma eat and sleep and play and learn. 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's the prison where she has been held for seven years. Through her fierce love for her son, she has created a life for him in this eleven-by-eleven-foot space. But with Jack's curiosity building alongside her own desperation, she knows that Room cannot contain either much longer.
Room is a tale at once shocking, riveting, exhilarating—a story of unconquerable love in harrowing circumstances, and of the diamond-hard bond between a mother and her child.
This book was a shocker. I haven't finished it yet, but it was definitely not what I was expecting. It is about a five year old boy, and his mother, who are held captive. The mother was kidnapped and raped, leading to her son Jack. To Jack, there is no life outside Room. Everything he see's on TV is made up, there is no outside. There are no other people, there are no dogs or cats. Then his Mom tells him her story, of how she was "stolen" and that they must escape. Jack doesn't understand, but he does as his mother wants. Right now in the book, Jack had just escaped and Old Nick their is after him. It's a very touching story. It's also really interesting to read since it's from a five year olds point of view, with the way he talks and thinks.
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It sounds like quite a philosophy heavy book. Has this had any effect on the ease of reading it? Has that improved the story for you? Or are my judgments wrong, and it's actually relatively low on philosophy? What made you want to read this book? I don't enjoy these kinds of books much myself, so I'm wondering what other people see in them.
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ReplyDeleteI thought this book was kind of slow for me though I still didn't want to put the book down. I could feel everything that all the characters were feeling and it really is what kept me reading the book.
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