Anyone read Room by Emma Donoghue? Saw it on a page I am following. Looks interesting but very heavy material
Anyone read Room by Emma Donoghue? Saw it on a page I am following. Looks interesting but very heavy material
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Yes! Amazing book!
Amazing book, but stays with you x
Yes. I loved it. Read it in two nights. Really good
It’s very well written, and written from a very unusual perspective. I read it when it was first published and still love it.
Yes good book
Very good read – it is thought provoking.
Loved it so much. Very risqué storyline wrote very sympathetically xx
Fantastic book
Good read.
Amazing book
fantastic book – but you are right about ‘heavy’. So worth a read though. x
Loved it
I thought it was good but thought it could have been so much more !
I had a very hard time getting into the book, I kept putting it down, because of the unusual narrative. I saw the movie, I live in Canada, and it helped me finish the book. The movie was very good.
Fantastic book!
Brilliant, one of the books we still talk about at our book club a year on .
Really enjoyed it x
It was okay…there is a movie coming out too.
Loved it. Very different.
It was good, mostly because it was so original and very thoughtfully written.
@Stephanie
Loved it
One of my all time favourite books
Can’t read anything about abused children
It wasn’t about the abuse of the child as such
sorry, old peds nurse, a kid living in a closet is abuse, but not saying you shouldn’t read it, saying, i can’t
Ok. But the story wasn’t about his abuse is what I’m saying.
Clare, i did try, twice, sorry, i couldn’t get through it…but if you enjoyed the book, great, i’m just staring my opinion
It’s not a subject for everyone, and it’s uncomfortable to read.
The child wasn’t abused I also can’t read that stuff.
This was fantastic, no real abuse language but amazing how a human adapts!
Very good book
Beautiful book. Highly recommend.
Wow, did not expect so many responses. Def putting it on my Books-to-buy-list
I loved it but people have said its a marmite book, however I think if you get used to the style of writing it’s an amazing book that stays with you for s long time ?
A book you will not forget
Fantastic book, kept me gripped to the end ?
A very disturbing book. If you can get past the voice of the child it s a very good read.
Absolutely hated it !!
Thought it was unrealistic and odd
Loved it, very thought provoking and well written
I read it just about when the real cases were coming to light made it a must read despite finding the child’s voice really annoying until I got lost in the story and forgot it.
A definite page turner. Enjoyed it very much.
Dark but brilliant l.
A depressing read that I really didn’t enjoy. One of those books I wanted to put down but forced myself to continue
very good book.
Very good read. Harrowing and emotional and you have to be prepared to read it but it’s very well written.
I passed my book onto a colleague and she came into work the next day and said she had been up all night reading it. I love passing on books I’ve loved, it’s even better when the person you gave it too loved it as much as you ?
Its good but depressing in places but v original
The film is coming out soon. Really enjoyed the book
Great book!!
Fantastic book. It’s stayed with me for a long time. Looking forward to seeing the film.
I read it the day it was published in hardback, quite a few years ago now. I’m a huge fan of her books, but Room really is excellent. Brilliant writing, incredible insight, amazing.
Definitely worth reading.
Very good indeed. Horribly claustrophobic and sticks with you after you’ve finished it.
I liked the book a lot.
Very good book. My book discussion group loved it.
Fab.
Yes it was gripping.
I agree with the marmite book bit. Personally I loved it but can sympathise with the reasons people don’t like it x
Loved it and yes it stays with you long after you have finished it!!
Brilliantly written, sad and stays with you ?
Good in parts. Definitely not a prolific readers kind of book. Glaring problems as much as i wanted to like it. Will make a good movie as movie makers will change the anticlimatic ending.
Interested to know why you feel that prolific readers would not like this book? I read, on average, 10 books per month and Room is one of my all time favourites.
Started reading it two days ago and can’t put it down!
Depressing did not enjoy it at all
I am currently listening to the Audible edition. Excellent book. Breathless at times!
Wonderful. Read it in one night. I still think of it now
I read it long time ago. It’s written in an usual style and it’s a bit frightening in parts but worth a read
Found it at a huge booksale for only €3 😉
Not sure how well a film will translate though