“Room” by Emma Donoghue

I loved that it was in the child’s point of view.

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Emma Donoghue’s writing is superb alchemy, changing innocence into horror and horror into tenderness. Room is a book to read in one sitting. When it’s over you look up: the world looks the same but you are somehow different and that feeling lingers for days.

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This novel takes on a very difficult subject and renders it beautiful, without diminishing its horror. The voice of the boy is authentic and enchanting. I can’t recommend this novel enough.

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(One of my favorites of 2010 is) Room, which concerns a young woman and her five-year-old son who are kept captive by a psychopath in a single room. It’s amazing what Donoghue is able to do within that tiny physical space. If we were worried (and I don’t think we should be) about a lack of originality and ambition in contemporary novels, here’s one that conjures an enormous story out of simple, even miniature, circumstances.

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This book has a unique premise, but what really stayed with me was the strength and unselfishness of the mother, and her ability to create a world in which her son could feel safe. A must read.

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Told from the point of view of its five-year-old protagonist, Jack, Donoghue’s ROOM is both heartwarming and heart-wrenching. It’s a beautifully written story of maternal bonds, familial love, small heroics, and the struggles imposed when one’s private life is put up for public perusal and judgment. A true page-turner.

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Reading the novel Room by Emma Donoghue right now, recommended by novelist Ann Haywood Leal. So far, it’s great…and disturbing.

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