Room

This book wasn't perfect. Some elements of jacks character wasn't utterly convincing of a 5 year old child whether imprisoned his whole life or not. However Emma Donoghue created a world in which you embraced and succumbed to the story and jacks journey regardless of accuracy. You followed jack along the entire story (it was all written from jacks point of view) and you wanted to believe in him. Believe in ma. Believe in hope and a brighter future for them both. I won't spoil the plot for you but I will say I found it refreshing that Donoghue didn't focus her plot entirely on the imprisonment of jack and her ma. She managed to give us a more complete story. A more realistic journey to freedom. It was also very fast paced and easy to read so I raced through this book. I reiterate it wasn't a perfect polished kind of book but it was a damn enjoyable read and I loved its imperfections and the characters of ma and jack. Although truth be told I am beyond relieved that ma finally stopped ‘giving him some' and he managed to lose that manky tooth?! Aren't you?!!