Monday, January 16, 2012

The Room

I downloaded this book on my kindle, not knowing much about it, and let me tell you, am I ever glad I did. The entire premise of the story is just brilliant. I started reading it in the bath the other night, and then 3 hours later I sneezed and finally noticed that the water had gone cold some time ago and that I had totally lost touch with reality - It's that good.

The plot takes place around a boy, whose entire existence is the 11x11 square foot room he was born in. His mother has been a captive there for the last seven years and has raised him solely using the few books she has and her memory. I won't tell you much more and spoil it for you but the amount of detail the author gives in the telling of this wonderful but dark story makes the characters become a part of you as you read it. I couldn't go to sleep until I had finished the last page.

The ramifications of such a childhood are endless. Every time I think about the world that the author had to dream up I'm amazed. It is a heart-warming story about a mothers love for her child, and how she will stop at nothing to make sure that child is safe, secure and happy.

Have you read it?

4 comments:

Carolina said...

Is your kindle waterproof?

Jewels said...

no... you just have to be careful not to dunk it in the water! lol

Mara said...

My reading list is getting bigger and bigger. I may need to invest in a kindle myself now instead of lugging proper books about.

savage.spheniscus said...

I have it on my nook, but haven't read it yet. I have found that my nook fits beautifully in a ziplock freezer back for reading in the bathtub :)

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