Hopi answers “I'm about 60 pages in and I'm still...”

Elise asked this question about Room:

I'm about 60 pages in and I'm still finding "Room" to be extremely tedious. Should I keep reading? I don't see yet what's all the fuss about this book.

Hopi I was hooked by page 3, the detail the author went to in expressing the world from a child's point of view was extraordinary, how she did it I will ne…moreI was hooked by page 3, the detail the author went to in expressing the world from a child's point of view was extraordinary, how she did it I will never know but I read the book in about 6 days --the middle transition of locale was intense and gripping but way before that, the way she knew how a child would express thoughts of his world and construct those thoughts with missing words and give names for things as friends etc etc, it was one of the most profound unique reading experiences ever-- and I am an English Lit major ;) cannot wait to see the movie, and if they are able to tell it from his POV as the book did(less)

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Hopi few books have inspired me more
Feb 18, 2016 03:10PM · flag

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