Reading Buddy Style discussion

Room

To five-year-old Jack, Room is the entire world. It is where he was born and grew up; it's where he lives with his Ma as they learn and read and eat and sleep and play. At night, his Ma shuts him safely in the wardrobe, where he is meant to be asleep when Old Nick visits.

Room is home to Jack, but to Ma, it is the prison where Old Nick has held her captive for seven years. Through determination, ingenuity, and fierce motherly love, Ma has created a life for Jack. But she knows it's not enough...not for her or for him. She devises a bold escape plan, one that relies on her young son's bravery and a lot of luck. What she does not realize is just how unprepared she is for the plan to actually work.

Told entirely in the language of the energetic, pragmatic five-year-old Jack, ROOM is a celebration of resilience and the limitless bond between parent and child, a brilliantly executed novel about what it means to journey from one world to another.

Omg. I'm currently reading this book, and it's very good. I'm so excited to keep reading this book! I just hope the second half of the book is just as exciting as the first half of it!

I recently finished listening to this. I really enjoyed listening to the audiobook because each character had his or her own voice. I'm not sure if it would have the same effect if I had read it. I think the author did a wonderful job writing as a 5 year old boy. I think if this story had been told from Jack's Ma's point of view, it would have been much more depressing and tragic.