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Kavitha Sivakumar
Spell bound! Told from a five year old kid's point of view. A traumatic experience....for the 19-year old who was kidnapped and eventually gave birth to this boy. She was extremely resourceful in bringing up the kid. She faces bravely....her traumatic experience under this man but lapse into momentary cowardice after facing the paparazzi.

The kid is the main focus on growing up with his mom in this room, escaping the room, and coping up with outside world. Well told!!

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Michelle
Mar 22, 2014 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Imagine you are five-years-old. Imagine you have never left the room your were born in. You have limited knowledge of the outside world, because you don't realize there IS an outside world. Welcome to Room.

I really enjoyed this one--I found the concept unique and the voice of Jack didn't seem off to me, like I read in a few reviews. And as gripping as I found the first half of the book, I found the second half to be even more interesting. I listened to this on audio, and I think it added to the
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