A review by bhnmt61
Room by Emma Donoghue

5.0

The beginning of this book, where five-year-old Jack and his mom are locked in a garden shed for years at the whim of a psychopath, was just horrifying to me. I could only read a few pages at a time. But once they get out (which isn’t a spoiler, it’s on the blurb), I couldn’t put it down. The entire thing is told from Jack’s point of view, which is tricky enough to pull off as it is, and yet the amazing thing is that you end up feeling exactly what the mom was going through and her courage and creativity and desperation. It’s an astonishing feat of writing, even though parts of it were nearly unreadable for me, emotionally speaking. I’m giving five stars for the writing, even though it was not a pleasant reading experience.