Okay so "Room" blew my mind. I guess I shouldn't be shocked since I am a huge fan of "The Lovely Bones," but it was great. Now I wouldn't say it tops "The Lovely Bones" (by Alice Sebold), but that is partly because I enjoyed the artistic and surreal imagery in "The Lovely Bones" - the novel and the movie. Room had me on the edge of my seat, but without the dreamy quality of "The Lovely Bones."
The premise, if you haven't read about this book-soon-to-be-movie already, is that a young college girl is kidnapped and brought back to a shed her kidnapper designed and soundproofed to be a holding cell. She spends years there, and eventually has a son. Without giving away too much plot, I can tell you that special circumstances arise that compel her to design an elaborate ruse which relies on her very young son for their escape.
You truly bond with her son, who, incidentally, is the narrator of the book. His language and perspective do so much to make the novel. Really this novel has everything. It has great plot, great narration, edge of your seat action, and a window into the psyche of a young woman who's been through the kind of hell that can outdo most people's worst nightmares. Yes, the mother is explored as much as the son is because of the son's perceptions of her and misunderstandings that baffle him but that we as adult readers can understand.
This book is one I can recommend whole heartedly for anyone. I couldn't put it down. I read it in a sitting!
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