Author: Emma Donoghue
Published: 2010
I was recommended this read by my colleagues which they had enjoyed. As soon as they mentioned how gripping the story was, not giving any important details I was fast to get online and buy it. The beginning of the book takes a lot of adjusting too. The book is written from the point of view of the five year old boy and written exactly how a five year old would speak. The young boy, Jack, talks about life, what he sees, what he feels and all the in between. Without giving too much away, in the first part of the book the reader experiences shock, sometimes leading us readers to be a tad uncomfortable with what the young boys sees and what he is describing about his horrible life situation. The book grabbed me so quickly I couldn't wait to know the end and i read it super quickly. I would recommend it to anyone to read. Donoghue explains Jack's life brilliantly , picking up on things in a young child's life that wouldn't usually have such a significance. While reading the book, i became attached to the characters getting quite emotional in some parts. 'Room' is a story entailing a very hard life, the novel contains themes such as rape, kidnaps and suicide so a reader whom has not read around these themes before would probably find the novel a tad uncomfortable to read.
I hadn't read a novel that contained themes such as rape, the beginning of the novel did shock me slightly and did leave me thinking 'do I want to carry on reading this?' But only in the beginning, as Jack is the one telling the story, he grips to you so he can tell you his story, and as a reader all you can do is listen. I fully enjoyed reading 'Room' and will invest in more of Donoghue's fiction.
May 2013
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