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Room - Emma Donoghue
Room
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3.82 1990
To five-year-old Jack, Room is the entire world. It is where he was born and grew up; it's where he lives with his Ma as they learn and read and eat and sleep and play. At night, his Ma shuts him safely in the wardrobe, where he is meant to be asleep when Old Nick visits.Room is home to Jack, but... show more
To five-year-old Jack, Room is the entire world. It is where he was born and grew up; it's where he lives with his Ma as they learn and read and eat and sleep and play. At night, his Ma shuts him safely in the wardrobe, where he is meant to be asleep when Old Nick visits.Room is home to Jack, but to Ma, it is the prison where Old Nick has held her captive for seven years. Through determination, ingenuity, and fierce motherly love, Ma has created a life for Jack. But she knows it's not enough...not for her or for him. She devises a bold escape plan, one that relies on her young son's bravery and a lot of luck. What she does not realize is just how unprepared she is for the plan to actually work.Told entirely in the language of the energetic, pragmatic five-year-old Jack, Room is a celebration of resilience and the limitless bond between parent and child, a brilliantly executed novel about what it means to journey from one world to another.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9780316098335 (0316098337)
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Pages no: 321
Edition language: English
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Awogfli - Bookcroc
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5.0 Fast jene Geschichte, wie es im Keller von Josef Fritzl zugegangen sein könnte
Am Tag nachdem schon wieder herauskam, dass ein Österreicher in Holland seine Kinder in einem Verließ im Keller eingesperrt hat (was ist eigentlich los mit meinen männlichen Landsleuten, die Häufung derjenigen Psychopathen, die komplett auf diese perfide Art eine Schraube locker haben, ist mittlerwe...
Booka
Booka rated it
3.0 Pokój
O czym jest "Pokój"? To książka, w której mamy dwójkę najważniejszych bohaterów - małego Jacka i jego matkę. Oboje żyją zamknięci w szopie, a jedynym "łącznikiem ze światem zewnętrznym" jest człowiek, który w owej szopie przed laty zamknął matkę Jack'a. To dzięki niemu mają oni potrzebne do przeżyci...
A Reading Vocation
A Reading Vocation rated it
5.0 Book 12/100: Room by Emma Donoghue
I rarely give out five-star reviews, and my criteria for a five-star review is fairly straightforward: I give five stars to books that I don't want to end.I read lots of books every year that I enjoy, but because my TBR list is so long, I very rarely dread a book ending -- I know there will always b...
Bri's Books
Bri's Books rated it
3.0 Room
The narrative of this book took a while to get used to, and I never fully embraced it. There were certain moments where it even frustrated me and I had to put the book down for a while. The story itself is emotional and very intense as it was based on real events. It is hard to come to grips with th...
Fangirl Moments and My Two Cents
Fangirl Moments and My Two Cents rated it
5.0 Room
This book blew me away. It's about a kidnapped woman living and her son growing up in captivity and trying to acclimate into the real world. I was not prepared for all that happens. Everything is told from the little boy's point of view, and it seems so real. I had many wow, nervous, heart, etc ...
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