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.
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.
Who's it for?
This book is probably aimed at young adults onward, the book deals with a lot of different issues that I don't think the younger readers would really understand.
Genre?
Contemporary Fiction
Is it any good?
At first I found it a little difficult to get into
the style of writing used, it is wrote from the perspective of a five
year old child and I sometimes find it hard to read un-proper English if
that even makes sense. If I hadn't watched the trailer i'll be honest
and say this book probably wouldn't have made it into my read pile. My
advice to you is that if you are reading this and enjoying the story
line but struggling with the style of writing just keep going, you will
not regret it.
I knew that this had the potential of being a very
emotional book dealing with situations/issues such as kidnap but I was
not prepared for the amount of situations/issues this book kept throwing
at me, overall it made the book all the more special and touching. I
sympathised with the characters that deserved my sympathy, I hated the
characters that I was supposed to hate and I fell in love with little
Jack, what more can you ask for in terms of characters, Emma is a
fantastic writer and I will be keeping my eye out for more of her work
after reading this.
Was The Ending Satisfactory?
Now that you are at the end of my review you are
probably thinking to yourself that I haven't said anything
in-particularly bad about this book so why haven't I rated it the full
five stars, well the simple reason is because the ending disappointed
me. I don't know whether it was just because I wanted more or maybe I
was just expecting a little more from it but the ending failed to
impress me, I feel as though Emma just didn't know how to conclude it or
just got bored of trying. If this book had an epilogue, maybe just maybe it would have scored a five star rating.
Would I recommend the book?
I do recommend this book to people, as you may know I work in a bookstore and if people ask me for a good book and this is their preferred genre I always point them in this direction and usually it is a success.
Jojo Moyes - Me Before You
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