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A review by desertdreamsanddarkthemes
Rooms by Lauren Oliver
5.0
“Funny, isn't it, how quickly the future becomes the past.”
This became my favorite book a couple of years ago when I listened to the audiobook. I bought the book on a whim a while ago and it sat on my shelf. As it sat, I began to forget why this book had mattered so much to me. When I started a book club, I decided that this would be the first book. I was quickly reminded why this book means so much to me.
Everyone keeps asking me if this book is scary; I always struggle for a response, never sure of how I should describe this book. Yes, this book has ghosts, but no it isn't scary, but yes it is scary in the sense that life can be terrifying, but that has nothing to do with ghosts, and by terrifying I really mean life is one big depressing struggle and yet we somehow find solace in things and people. Really I just end up telling them, "you just have to read it." And that's what I'm going to tell you.
If you want a synopsis of the book, you can find that very easily. If you want my opinion of the book: it is a really good book. But you have to read it and decide what this book means to you. This book is not what it appears on the surface.
This became my favorite book a couple of years ago when I listened to the audiobook. I bought the book on a whim a while ago and it sat on my shelf. As it sat, I began to forget why this book had mattered so much to me. When I started a book club, I decided that this would be the first book. I was quickly reminded why this book means so much to me.
Everyone keeps asking me if this book is scary; I always struggle for a response, never sure of how I should describe this book. Yes, this book has ghosts, but no it isn't scary, but yes it is scary in the sense that life can be terrifying, but that has nothing to do with ghosts, and by terrifying I really mean life is one big depressing struggle and yet we somehow find solace in things and people. Really I just end up telling them, "you just have to read it." And that's what I'm going to tell you.
If you want a synopsis of the book, you can find that very easily. If you want my opinion of the book: it is a really good book. But you have to read it and decide what this book means to you. This book is not what it appears on the surface.