Room in Reading with Style

Mar 19, 2011 Lynda rated it really liked it

Shelves: spring-challenge-2011

Room has been receiving a lot of attention from the media and from book bloggers and from people who long and shortlist full-length English novels for literary awards and other stuff. So, I decided it was time to read what all this fuss has been about.

Room is told from Jack's perspective and it's rife with 5-year-old kid-English. You will find this frustrating and off-putting OR your brain will adapt and it'll become almost unnoticeable. I, like many others, found this story strangely compelling ...more

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Dec 25, 2010 Helen rated it liked it

Usually get really annoyed with child viewpoint, but the story unfolds perfectly and it works.

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Oct 17, 2010 Tien rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, contemporary, own-audio

I'm not a fan of this book, unfortunately, mainly due to being uncomfortable with the subject matter and the style of writing. It's strong issue being dealt in there but there are just times I felt like dropping it off but being myself, I can't not finish (very rarely anyway).

So I finished it and I think I quite like the way it's ended - it's a very rounded and therefore, I guess, provided closure to the whole story. ...more

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Mar 02, 2011 Foxy Grandma rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: drama, fiction, zz-src-challange

This book was very hard to read because it pulled so many emotions for me. It was disturbing and fascinating. I am glad I read it, and am also glad that it has been read and i have finished it.

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