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scottakennedy
scottakennedy rated it 14 years ago
This is a great book. But be advised, you really don't want to have other things to do when you're reading it. It's really hard to put down.
Readundant
Readundant rated it 14 years ago
I was all ready to hate this book. Doesn't it sound obnoxious? An adult novel about harrowing things, but narrated by a 5-year-old? Mere gimmickry, right, a showy writing experiment, likely to win praise from the easily impressed.But I don't think I am that easily impressed, and damn, this book is k...
miscellaneous debris
miscellaneous debris rated it 15 years ago
Told from the point of view of a 5-year-old boy who has never left the room where he was born, Room is by turns unsettling and sweet, always revealing how perception and context alter experience. As Jack is caught in a swiftly moving tangle of unfamiliar sights and sounds, the resilience and adapt...
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