Finished #28: Room

I just finished Room by Emma Donoghue. I have to say this was one of the most disturbing, yet best, books that I have ever read. Ma was kidnapped and locked in a room when she was 19 yrs old. During that time she was used as a love slave and eventually had a baby, Jack. The story starts with Jack's 5th birthday. We learn that Jack has no understanding of the outside world. He watches tv, but doesn't realize that some of the things he sees on tv are actually real. The only things he knows are Ma, Old Nick, and the things he has seen in Room. When Jack starts to question things, Ma decides that Jack is old enough to help with a plan to escape the Room. I don't want to say anymore, because I feel there would be too many spoilers. It's a great book that really made me wonder how people can live through something as traumatizing as a kidnapping, let alone for 7 yrs.

321 pages