After reading Donoghue's excellent novel "The Pull of the Stars" I couldn't wait to read "Room" and I certainly wasn't disappointed. The ability of the author to put herself into the mind of a 5 year old boy (used to be 4) is simply a tour de force of writing ability. She creates a world as the child would see it and thinks like a child would think. The author's task is made even harder because Jack's world has been compressed into an 11 x 11 foot room where he can only glimpse the outside world through a tiny window. The sensory overload that he experiences when he's finally exposed to the real world (not TV) is simply overwhelming and Donoghue expertly captures his confusion and amazement as he attempts to put it all together. I devoured the book and would rate it among my top 20 favorites among the thousands of books I've read over my rather long life. I can't recommend this book more highly. Get it, you won't be sorry.
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