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Rooms - Lauren Oliver
Rooms
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The New York Times bestselling author of Before I Fall and the Delirium trilogy makes her brilliant adult debut with this mesmerizing story in the tradition of The Lovely Bones, Her Fearful Symmetry, and The Ocean at the End of the Lane—a tale of family, ghosts, secrets, and mystery, in which the... show more
The New York Times bestselling author of Before I Fall and the Delirium trilogy makes her brilliant adult debut with this mesmerizing story in the tradition of The Lovely Bones, Her Fearful Symmetry, and The Ocean at the End of the Lane—a tale of family, ghosts, secrets, and mystery, in which the lives of the living and the dead intersect in shocking, surprising, and moving ways

Wealthy Richard Walker has just died, leaving behind his country house full of rooms packed with the detritus of a lifetime. His estranged family—bitter ex-wife Caroline, troubled teenage son Trenton, and unforgiving daughter Minna—have arrived for their inheritance.

But the Walkers are not alone. Prim Alice and the cynical Sandra, long dead former residents bound to the house, linger within its claustrophobic walls. Jostling for space, memory, and supremacy, they observe the family, trading barbs and reminiscences about their past lives. Though their voices cannot be heard, Alice and Sandra speak through the house itself—in the hiss of the radiator, a creak in the stairs, the dimming of a light bulb.

The living and dead are each haunted by painful truths that will soon surface with explosive force. When a new ghost appears, and Trenton begins to communicate with her, the spirit and human worlds collide—with cataclysmic results.

Elegantly constructed and brilliantly paced, Rooms is an enticing and imaginative ghost story and a searing family drama that is as haunting as it is resonant.  

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Publisher: Ecco
Edition language: English
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Freda's Voice
Freda's Voice rated it
2.0 Rooms by Lauren Oliver
Man, this took me some time to get into.I really didn't get it, didn't know who was who, and just didn't like it. I kept plodding through though. About halfway through, the character build up started to come together and I could begin getting a sense of what might be what. By the end it wrapped up n...
Reem's Recreational Reads
Reem's Recreational Reads rated it
5.0 Stunning Debut for and Adult Novel by Oliver
“Rooms” was the first book that introduced me to the writing of Lauren Oliver; it was also her debut novel written for adults. It begins after the death of a prosperous man named Richard Walker. This incident triggers a concatenation of events starting with the return of Mr. Walker's estranged fam...
Mirkat Always Reading
Mirkat Always Reading rated it
4.0 Rooms
Richard Walker's death is the impetus for the temporary return of his estranged family: ex-wife Caroline, adult daughter Minna, teenage son Trenton, and granddaughter Amy. All arrive at the house for the reading of the will and the memorial. But the Walker family are not alone in the house. Alic...
Wortmagieblog
Wortmagieblog rated it
5.0 Ein stilistisches Meisterwerk
Als ich 2014 las, dass Lauren Oliver einen Roman für Erwachsene veröffentlichen würde, stellte sich mir gar nicht erst die Frage, ob ich mir diesen zulegen würde. Selbstverständlich wollte ich „Rooms“ lesen. Oliver beschränkte sich bisher sehr erfolgreich auf das Young Adult – Genre. Ihren Einzug in...
Wortmagieblog
Wortmagieblog rated it
5.0 Rooms
Als ich 2014 las, dass Lauren Oliver einen Roman für Erwachsene veröffentlichen würde, stellte sich mir gar nicht erst die Frage, ob ich mir diesen zulegen würde. Selbstverständlich wollte ich „Rooms“ lesen. Oliver beschränkte sich bisher sehr erfolgreich auf das Young Adult – Genre. Ihren Einzug in...
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