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A review by ajlawford
Room by Emma Donoghue
5.0
Room is a story about a woman held captive and has a baby to her captor. The baby is named Jack and she raises him in the room where they are contained for years. What makes this story unique is that it is written from the point of view of five year old Jack. The writing and sentence structure is simplistic, exactly as if a child wrote it.
I picked this up on Audiobook because it won the 2011 Audie Award for best multi voiced performance. What makes the audiobook unique is that the main narrator is a real child. This made the entire experience very immersive and utterly fascinating.
Having been a victim of crime myself, I’m often disappointed in how trauma is represented in books. Room is the exception and handles the delicate topic with an honesty and sensitivity I’ve not encountered before.
Overall I would absolutely recommend this book, but only as an audiobook. I think the childish writing would get annoying to read with eyes. Also, having seen the movie first, and loved it, I would recommend listening to the book first, because spoilers.
I picked this up on Audiobook because it won the 2011 Audie Award for best multi voiced performance. What makes the audiobook unique is that the main narrator is a real child. This made the entire experience very immersive and utterly fascinating.
Having been a victim of crime myself, I’m often disappointed in how trauma is represented in books. Room is the exception and handles the delicate topic with an honesty and sensitivity I’ve not encountered before.
Overall I would absolutely recommend this book, but only as an audiobook. I think the childish writing would get annoying to read with eyes. Also, having seen the movie first, and loved it, I would recommend listening to the book first, because spoilers.