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I'm obviously just not getting the whole rave thing that seems to surround this book
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Well i watched the bookclub reviews on more4 tv this evening for Room & if i hadnt already read it, i would have rushed out & purchased it in excitement........ only to be hugely disappointed. I'm obviously just not getting the whole rave thing that seems to surround this book
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RE: The discussion of Room (the winning book for December)This is not the kind of book I would ever think of reading normally, but after seeing the review on the TV Book Club on More 4 last week I was encouraged to buy it. As I already said, I couldn't put this book down, I was desperate to see were it would end, however, I always had this nagging feeling as I read that in real life, being locked up for all those years would have been far more traumatic. I didn't quite get the sense of the true hell it must have been. Had the story been about someone who had been locked up for 7 weeks for example, I think I might not have felt that narrative didn't quite hit the right level of despair. Then again, this was written through the eyes of a 5 year old who was born in captivity, had it been written by Ma, an adult, it would have been a totally different story. Any book that can keep me hooked like this tho deserves at least 4/5! 
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RE: The discussion of Room (the winning book for December)(22 Jan 2011 02:10 PM)kaska Wrote: Good review Gary ... its true had the book been written by ma, we'd have read a whole different story. I agree. It then might have been something I would read, but still not at that price. Historical Fiction/Romance by Margaret Lake http://www.tinyurl.com/malakeuk
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RE: The discussion of Room (the winning book for December)(22 Jan 2011 06:25 PM)kaska Wrote: I may have found it easier to read then also Margaret, but i think the whole point & success of this book was it being narrated by Jack. I suppose so, but that's what you and I found so hard to take. Quote: I also agree with Jo Brands comment on More4 TV book club, when she said we see enough of this depressing stuff in the newspapers, why would we want to escape into fantasy with it too. I prefer upbeat books as well. Nothing like a good HEA to give me happy tears.  Quote: Its finally come down in price though to £2.80. Bit late for the book club though. The price is still sky high in the US and so are the rankings. Historical Fiction/Romance by Margaret Lake http://www.tinyurl.com/malakeuk
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RE: The discussion of Room (the winning book for December)(16 Jan 2011 09:44 PM)kaska Wrote: Well i watched the bookclub reviews on more4 tv this evening for Room & if i hadnt already read it, i would have rushed out & purchased it in excitement........ only to be hugely disappointed. I feel exactly the same about Captain Corelli's Mandolin! I have never got beyond chapter one - and that had rave reviews at the time! Life would be boring if we all thought the same! Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
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RE: The discussion of Room (the winning book for December)I finished reading it a couple of days ago and have to say I really enjoyed it. I found it very moving in places and actually cried whilst reading the part where Jack is trying to escape! I wasn't sure I would enjoy the second half of the book but found by the end of the book that I didn't want it to finish. I was very shocked when Spoiler. Now a couple of days after finishing the book I'm still wondering about Jack and how he's coping in the Outside. |
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