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sandmanda11 's review for:
Room
by Emma Donoghue
It's a book I thought would end more like a Hemingway novel--I'm glad it didn't. (No spoilers there, I'm hoping.)
It begins in the voice of a sheltered child, and ends with a voice nearing that of an adult--I felt myself losing grip with reality at times, having to force myself to believe that the voice I was reading was still that of a 5-year-old as opposed to an adult narrator.
Although definitely dealing with the human psyche--and with some great moments of panic for all throughout--I felt it lacked in one necessary area: understanding. No single shred of understanding was shown toward this child or his mother; everything was expecting, expecting, expecting.
But maybe that makes it even more real, and makes it harder to deal with: the fact that, despite everything we're forced to endure, we're only ever able to console ourselves; no one else can do that for us.
It begins in the voice of a sheltered child, and ends with a voice nearing that of an adult--I felt myself losing grip with reality at times, having to force myself to believe that the voice I was reading was still that of a 5-year-old as opposed to an adult narrator.
Although definitely dealing with the human psyche--and with some great moments of panic for all throughout--I felt it lacked in one necessary area: understanding. No single shred of understanding was shown toward this child or his mother; everything was expecting, expecting, expecting.
But maybe that makes it even more real, and makes it harder to deal with: the fact that, despite everything we're forced to endure, we're only ever able to console ourselves; no one else can do that for us.