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Room by Emma Donoghue

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myflabberisgasted · 23/02/2012 15:27

Hi,

I have just downloaded Room to my Kindle with the chance of hopefully starting tonight.

Has anyone read this?

I just wondered if anyone had any reviews they would like to share? Smile

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myflabberisgasted · 26/02/2012 22:37

Well I've finished room and I think it is possibly one of the best books I have ever read!
I soon got past jack narrating and was just gripped the whole way through it was fantastic!

I never wanted it to finish!

Thanks mimble Smile.
It's a shame you didn't like BIGTS but after reading room it wasn't half as gripping so maybe you should have read BIGTS before room!

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DuchessofMalfi · 26/02/2012 20:00

oops that should have been :o.

DuchessofMalfi · 26/02/2012 19:59

That's pretty much how I felt about BIGTS too, mimble. Couldn't put my finger on exactly what it was I didn't like though. I thought I was the only person who didn't like it. Did have a teenage snurk at one point though, with the description of the "bobbing p*nis" o:.

mimbleandlittlemy · 26/02/2012 19:07

myflabber, join us by proxy! I'll send you e-food/drink! Wine Biscuit

Right, I've finished Before I Go To Sleep. Didn't do it for me, in the same way Sister didn't but I can't put my finger on why.

Have you finished Room?

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myflabberisgasted · 24/02/2012 16:25

mimble sounds like my kinda book club! Wink

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mimbleandlittlemy · 24/02/2012 13:58

myflabber, I'm not sure you'd want to join ours. We seem to eat a lot, drink rather too much and spend not very much time at all talking about the book, so much so that a book is deemed to have provoked considerable comment if we remember to talk about it for longer than about 5 minutes Blush. We are not a shining example of book club probity.

tiredemma · 24/02/2012 13:18

I was absolutely gripped by Into The Darkest Corner (Elizabeth Haynes). First book that I have read in a long time that I couldn't put down.

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myflabberisgasted · 24/02/2012 13:12

Thanks mimble I'll give him a try next I think! I can't believe I've never given thrillers a try before.

And im very jealous of the book club, I've always wanted to join one Smile

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mimbleandlittlemy · 24/02/2012 10:22

myflabberisgasted, I was about 52%(!) through Before I Go To Sleep before I took my enforced sabbatical and I've got to finish it as required to make intelligent conversation about it at book club for at least 5 minutes before we move on to the latest playground gossip. I'm not sure quite what's got my back up but hopefully it will race to a thundering denoument and I'll have loved it.

Meanwhile William Boyd is wonderful. He has written many books including Brazzaville Beach (best book ever written by a man about a woman IMHO), Any Human Heart, Restless, A Good Man In Africa and I'm just reading his new one which is called Waiting for Sunrise. If you are just getting in to thriller-y type books Restless is great, though my absolute stand out favourite of his is Any Human Heart. Give him a go, he is well worth it.

Shanghaidiva · 24/02/2012 09:58

I loved Room.
Bought Before I go to Sleep a couple of weeks ago.

Can also recommend Sister by Rosamund Lupton.

usingapseudonym · 24/02/2012 09:53

One of the most gripping books I have read in the last few years. Amazing. Other things I've read since just haven't been the same.

I think she did think through the dimensions - here's a link to her website with a representation of how she had it in her mind. www.roomthebook.com/inside/

BiscuitNibbler · 24/02/2012 09:39

The thing I couldn't get over in Room (aside from the child's annoying turn of speech) was that the dimensions of the Room were completely rubbish.

From what they described to be in the room furniture wise then the dimensions were impossible. It annoyed me so much, because it made it just unbelievable if the author couldn't even get that detail right.

Definitely an "easy" beach read, though, but nothing more than that.

LouMacca · 24/02/2012 09:31

Absolutely loved this book, didn't want it to end!

Scholes34 · 24/02/2012 09:01

Room wasn't as good as it might have been. Finished rather abruptly.

Devora · 24/02/2012 09:00

I think Room is fantastic. I thought the child's voice was very convincing - not for a 'normal' child, but absolutely right for a child who has experienced nothing but 24/7 maternal companionship for his entire life.

I found the second half weaker than the first, but still compelling because by then you're so invested in the characters and want to follow their story.

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myflabberisgasted · 24/02/2012 08:55

Thanks 4mad I only started it last night and it took a while to get used to I must say!

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4madboys · 24/02/2012 08:48

yes the boy does narrate all the way through and yes i got used to it, i couldnt put the book down i LOVED it!

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myflabberisgasted · 24/02/2012 08:46

Quick question... Does the boys narrate all the way through the book? Do you ever get used to it?

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myflabberisgasted · 23/02/2012 21:35

babykong thanks I might give him a try next then!

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myflabberisgasted · 23/02/2012 21:34

duchess I get what you mean about the ending, it was a little bit rushed but I didn't see the plot twist coming at all! I thoroughly enjoyed the whole book. I read it in 2 days!

I am 1 chapter in already of room, and so far so good! Grin

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Truffkin · 23/02/2012 20:03

I enjoyed 'Room' and have just downloaded 'Before I go to Sleep' on the recommendation of everyone I know! Have just finished 'Me Before You' which I really liked.

stargirl1701 · 23/02/2012 20:00

It is amazing! I stayed up all night to read it cover to cover. Well worth buying.

BabyKong · 23/02/2012 19:59

I really like William Boyd myflabber - 'Any Human Heart' is really touching and easy to read. 'Ordinary Thunderstorms' is a great thriller. Would recommend!

DuchessofMalfi · 23/02/2012 17:51

I've got Room on my now enormous pile of books by my bedside Grin, and I'm looking forward to reading it shortly. However, I've just finished reading Before I Go To Sleep, and really didn't enjoy it at all. I found it quite disappointingly rushed at the end. I don't want to spoil it for anyone who plans to read it, but I felt the author could have spent a bit more time explaining things at the end, and I can't really say what I mean without it being a plot-spoiler Sad.

rylime · 23/02/2012 17:34

Room is a FANTASTIC book! I read quicker than any other book - I just couldn't put it down!

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