Room in Crazy Challenge Connection

Aug 30, 2015 Jenn G rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2015, 5-stars, borrowed-from-library, favorites, lu-en-français

So... Wow... I don't know what to say really i'm so wreck right now! This book made me feel so bad, sad, happy, mad and sick. I was feeling bad for the characters. They felt so real to me. At first I was a bit confused by the narration but after that it was so cute and heartbreaking at the same time to read all this craziness narrated by a 5 years old. I cried so badly at the end. I would love to have an other book telling their story like 10 years later or something. I just want to be sure they ...more

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May 10, 2019 Lindsey rated it really liked it

Shelves: contemporary

Normally I would steer clear of any story narrated by a young child (in this case Jack, age 5) because it usually seems so contrived but this was really well done. The subject matter, the multi-year imprisonment of a young woman in a backyard shed, was a difficult one to approach but Jack's voice brought a different perspective to a horrifying time. The shed, or "Room", is all Jack has ever known since he was born there and his mother is only only person he has ever interacted with- the confinem ...more

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Jul 04, 2017 Maggie Shanley rated it really liked it

Locked away from the "World" young Jack learns things as a child but also as a kidnap victim with no idea how to live "outside". He and his mother are a team that must learn how to live again after they finally escape. ...more

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Jun 22, 2014 Danielle rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: my-library

Room is about the 11x11 world of Jack and Ma. 5 year old Jack knows nothing of the world beyond Room's four walls, Ma has sheltered him from the darkness that is their reality, but time is running out. Jack is forced to be brave when most adults would crumble in order to save himself and Ma, but going Outside is more dangerous and terrifying to Jack that Room could ever be.

Room is a beautiful novel about an ugly and terrifying reality. Using the voice of a 5 year old gives it an innocence and ...more

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