Book review: Room : a novel, Emma Donoghue

[19_crows]

I loved this book. The narrator is Jack, a five year old child who has spent his whole life living in a single room with his mother. They're prisoners of Old Nick, who sometimes visits at night while Jack sleeps in a wardrobe. Every day is filled with activities: chores, exercise, reading, some TV. Ma has told Jack that the things he sees on the TV aren't real, but now he's old enough to question that.
And then the story gets even more interesting.
It sounds like a crazy premise for a book, but she makes it work. There are a few things that are a little hard to believe but she gets so much else right that doesn't matter. Ma and Jack are wonderful characters. I want so much for things to work out for them.

Comments

[19_crows]

Yes, I think so. I'm fascinated by that sort of case so this imagining of it interested me a lot and I found it believable. Who can say except those directly involved, though.