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| Title | : | Room |
| Author | : | Emma Donoghue |
| Book Format | : | Kindle Edition |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 321 pages |
| Published | : | September 13th 2010 by Little, Brown and Company (first published August 20th 2010) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Young Adult. Science Fiction Fantasy. Fiction. Childrens |
Emma Donoghue
Kindle Edition | Pages: 321 pages Rating: 4.06 | 678846 Users | 46313 Reviews
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To five-year-old-Jack, Room is the world.... Told in the inventive, funny, and poignant voice of Jack, Room is a celebration of resilience—and a powerful story of a mother and son whose love lets them survive the impossible. To five-year-old Jack, Room is the entire world. It is where he was born and grew up; it's where he lives with his Ma as they learn and read and eat and sleep and play. At night, his Ma shuts him safely in the wardrobe, where he is meant to be asleep when Old Nick visits. Room is home to Jack, but to Ma, it is the prison where Old Nick has held her captive for seven years. Through determination, ingenuity, and fierce motherly love, Ma has created a life for Jack. But she knows it's not enough ... not for her or for him. She devises a bold escape plan, one that relies on her young son's bravery and a lot of luck. What she does not realize is just how unprepared she is for the plan to actually work. Told entirely in the language of the energetic, pragmatic five-year-old Jack, Room is a celebration of resilience and the limitless bond between parent and child, a brilliantly executed novel about what it means to journey from one world to another.Itemize Books As Room
| Original Title: | Room ASIN B003YFIUW8 |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Jack Tenpenny, Ma, Old Nick |
| Literary Awards: | Booker Prize Nominee (2010), Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Shortlist (2011), Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award Nominee for Young Adults (2013), ALA Alex Award (2011), Indies Choice Book Award for Fiction (2011) Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Award for Hughes & Hughes Irish Novel of the Year (2010), Canadian Booksellers Association Libris Award for Fiction Book (2011), Lincoln Award Nominee (2014), Galaxy National Book Award for WHSmith Paperback of the Year (2011), Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book in Caribbean and Canada (2011), Trillium Book Award Nominee for English-language (2011), UC Book of the Year (2014), Eason Novel of the Year (2010), Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize (2010), OLA Evergreen Award (2011), Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction (2010), International Dublin Literary Award Nominee (2012) |
Rating Appertaining To Books Room
Ratings: 4.06 From 678846 Users | 46313 ReviewsCrit Appertaining To Books Room
This was a remarkable book. Obviously this concept has sprung from a real life situation, but to be based on its own merit, I think this is a piece of work to be applauded. The characteristics from this poor little boy, and the way in which his mum dealt with her limited situation was captured with, how do I say, accuracy.. it was very skilfully implemented. I was impressed with this work and can see it had the merit to have been a short list selection for the Man Booker Prize. How would I knowThe effort deserves much applause indeed. The story is given to us via a peculiar POV: that of a five-year old boy who has never left the titular place, has lived all five years in extreme isolation with his mother. His innocence and curiosity is both unnerving & obnoxious. The overly deconstructionist prose is often times incoherent, then, just out of the blue, the kid gives us a brave listing of all the components that may carry with them a certain patina of poetryin other words the
Ever since its Booker nomination (it made the shortlist), Room by Irish writer Emma Donoghue has set the literary world on fire. Most people who review the book seem to love it. They talk about how riveting and suspenseful the book is and how they felt compelled to finish it in a single reading. I guess Ill have to be one of the few dissenting voices. I really, really, really disliked Room and yes, I do have specific reasons why.I cant imagine anyone not knowing the basic plot of Room, but for
A novel narrated by a five year old? I'm not a kid person at all so do not think you need to be a mother to appreciate this story. There is something about Jack's way of looking at Room and at Outside that is refreshing instead of irritating. It's nice to not be dragged down by all the complexities of an adult narrator for a change and I know I would have given this story less stars if it were told through his mother's eyes. This is a story that Jack needed to tell and I am very happy that he
Room has been called "remarkable," and "sensational." It was not only shortlisted for the Booker Prize, but it was also chosen as a Favorite Book of 2010 by our fair goodreads community, proving once again that heads are up asses in of literary critics and readers everywhere. How this book is anything but blither is beyond me. The reality is that the plot for this book was ripped from the headlines, based on the stories of Jaycee Dugard, Natascha Kampusch, and the Fritzl family. Emma Donoghue
I read this book a couple of years ago and it remains a favorite. Hearing that it's being made into a movie is intriguing. I'm always excited/anxious when this happens as I worry that it will replace some of things I loved most about the book...if that makes sense. This book had such a hold on me that I finished it in two sittings. After I was done it was all I could think about for days and still think about quite often. Dora the Explorer was on TV as I was flipping channels the other day and I
THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY?This seems to be a real Marmite book (love it or loathe it, with no fence-sitting), so I'm going to mix my metaphors: I bit the bullet, to see which way the wind was blowing and was surprised to find myself sitting on the empty fence. I was very undecided about stars, but there are many much better books I've given 3*, so this gets 2*, even though there was, on reflection, more to it than I first thought. The quality of the writing is not sufficient for 3*.
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