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I couldn't finish it. P88 or so, I said to myself, "Self," I said, "you are being manipulated, Self, and it feels so cynical and so heartless that even you, Self, cynical old heartless bastard that we are, can't stand it."
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I couldn't finish it. P88 or so, I said to myself, "Self," I said, "you are being manipulated, Self, and it feels so cynical and so heartless that even you, Self, cynical old heartless bastard that we are, can't stand it."
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Emma Donogue packed so many emotions into this incredible novel. She channeled the voice of 5-year-old Jack, the storyteller of the only world he has known: one room. In the beginning, we don't know the room that Jack is describing. Nor do we realize that he and his mother are captives of a madman in this room. What we do understand is that Jack and his mother have developed a life of discovery and wonder within the four walls of their prison and that the time has come for them to escape. This s
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This is a story about a mother and young son imprisoned in a single room for years. I know a lot of people loved this book - and it does draw you in. However the second half of the book was a let down for me and I wanted a fuller resolution at the end.
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