Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Room by Emma Donoghue

139 reviews

harraisin's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Miscarriage, Excrement, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Child death, Rape, Sexual violence, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

Minor: Addiction, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Grief

belladonnashrike's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

i really loved this. 

I don’t think I would have enjoyed this as much if it were told from ma’s perspective. seeing everything through jack’s eyes was an excellent choice of donoghue’s. 

such an amazing story. heartbreaking, terrifying, hopeful… its definitely something i’ll read again if I can find some tissues. it temporarily got me out of a reading slump too, so I love it for that as well. 

I liked the movie too, although some of the story changes they made bugged me - but brie larson & jacob tremblay were incredible! I will always prefer the book but I really enjoyed their performances 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Child death, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

ciara_xx's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Abortion

resolving2read's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Rape, Kidnapping, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child death, Miscarriage, and Vomit

anabookadventures's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

The story in the novel is heartbreaking and overall what kept me reading. I would agree with a lot of the reviews that the perspective being from a child was off putting, I feel like the story would have felt more real and raw if it had at least switch perspectives between the mom and Jack. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Kidnapping

Moderate: Child death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, and Suicide attempt

grboph's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This was definitely one of the most depressing books I've read in quite a while, but I had to give it five stars because the premise and the way the story was told were both very intriguing. The story is told from the perspective of a five-year-old boy, which I felt added a lot of depth to the story - I was very impressed by Donoghue's ability to get inside this character's head and relate to him so strongly. This book nearly made me cry several times due to the pure emotionality with which Donoghue tells Jack and Ma's story. I found Jack's perceptions of the world around him to be very interesting, and thought a lot about all the tiny experiences and social conventions that I and those around me take for granted, and what navigating society for the first time at that age must be like. This was a very emotional and impactful book, and I would recommend it to anyone who likes true crime or stories about strong children.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abortion

ksuazo94's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Miscarriage, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Pregnancy

Minor: Vomit

sanjana_the_book_station's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Abandonment

Minor: Suicide

michalie's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Miscarriage, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

clairefitz's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.75

I forgot to review this book. I read it like a month ago so I'm not quite sure if the rating is accurate. I found this book very profound. It is such a unique book and I've never read anything like it. It tells such an important story and it is written from a very unique perspective. While reading this book, it's so upsetting to think about the fact that this does happen to real people all the time. It is genuinely terrifying. I think this book is actually quite extraordinary to be honest. The book is sort of haunting almost eery but it is all too real. I think the author did a wonderful job.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Suicide attempt