Great book. Totally plausible when you read about people like Jaycee Dugard, Elizabeth Smart, etc.
This book is about a girl who was kidnapped and kept in the "room" for many long years. In that time she becomes pregnant with Jack. He is the narrator of this story.
It was done quite well with seeing how Jack sees "Room" as home since he knows nothing else and how his mom sees it as prison since she knows so much more. Donoghue does such an excellent job with this and makes it so believable.
There was only 2 minor problems I had with the book and they by no means would keep me from recommending it. I enjoyed the fact that Jack narrated it but at times he wasn't consistent. Most of the time he talked like a little kid (as should be) but then at times he all the sudden knew these big words that made it not quite as believable. Like he didn't know the word for vomit or throw up and used this long description for it but he did know omnivore and other big words. This was not consistent. I feel that he should have either been shown to be a kid with quite an extensive vocabulary or one with out. Not both. The other problem I had was the mother at the later part of the story (don't want to give too much away) but it seemed like she went from Jack being her whole world to just thinking about herself. I know she was fully traumatized but it did cause me to dislike her a bit. Like I said though, it is still a book to read if you haven't.
This book is about a girl who was kidnapped and kept in the "room" for many long years. In that time she becomes pregnant with Jack. He is the narrator of this story.
It was done quite well with seeing how Jack sees "Room" as home since he knows nothing else and how his mom sees it as prison since she knows so much more. Donoghue does such an excellent job with this and makes it so believable.
There was only 2 minor problems I had with the book and they by no means would keep me from recommending it. I enjoyed the fact that Jack narrated it but at times he wasn't consistent. Most of the time he talked like a little kid (as should be) but then at times he all the sudden knew these big words that made it not quite as believable. Like he didn't know the word for vomit or throw up and used this long description for it but he did know omnivore and other big words. This was not consistent. I feel that he should have either been shown to be a kid with quite an extensive vocabulary or one with out. Not both. The other problem I had was the mother at the later part of the story (don't want to give too much away) but it seemed like she went from Jack being her whole world to just thinking about herself. I know she was fully traumatized but it did cause me to dislike her a bit. Like I said though, it is still a book to read if you haven't.
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