Book Review: Room - Emma Donoghue

Room - Emma Donoghue

My rating: ❤❤❤❤♡

This book is an art.. It may not be an elegant painting or even a wondrous sculpture.. It is an art on it own.. A literature art in novel form.. Its not an everyday wonder we could read an art you know.. So, this book could probably be on of the best book I have ever read.. Actually, it really deserves a 5 hearts but unfortunately, this book has its flaws.. Every book has it flaws, but this one, it's quite obvious.. Anyway, Mirror Book of the Week also had rated this book with four stars.. Four stars isn't that bad..

Well, I won't spill anything, but here's a little synopsis on what its all about.. The novel is a view from a five years old boy, Jack living with his Ma in a locked room.. He was kept hidden in a cupboard in the room every night when their captivator, Old Nick come most nights. The description of living in a 11x11 foot room with lack of furnitures and connection with the outside world is enough to let you feel the claustrophobic sensation.. Ma had been hold for 7 years since she was 19 as a sex slave to a man known as Old Nick by Jack.. Jack was raised in a locked room until he was five not knowing the existence of the world outside.. He saw them on the TV but he just assume that it's only in TV and unreal.. His only friends were the cartoon character he saw in TV, Dora, Spongebob, and Diego.. Until one day, Ma decide to tell the truth about the outside world to Jack.. He found it hard to believe but he did it anyway and finally, they both managed to escape from the room.. Then, start the story of Jack coping with outside world which he barely know the existence.. From there, the story get more exciting but still, full of suspense and heart-wrenching events..

This book is very imaginative.. It puts you in the mind of a 5 years old boy, Jack.. The storyline is carefully plotted from his view.. It is dark, compelling, but yet still have the sense of humour created by the little boy thinking.. Some parts are very touching like when Jack rescued his Ma through the Great Escape.. I almost cried reading that moment.. Praise to Emma for her ability to create a very deep connection between the novel and the reader.. After reading the novel, you eventually had built a great feelings for Jack (at least, I did).. Even though he's fictional, but I love him profoundly.. The journey with Jack through this novel is pretty inspiring.. Besides the claustrophobic sensation during the first half of the novel, it inspires us to appreciate what we have, the abundance of space around us and feels the pain of thousands of others out there who were cruelly and brutally kept as captive as sex slave.. This unique and original story really breaks my heart.. I never had read anything like it before.. The captivating story make you can't put this book down.. You want to keep reading just to know what would happen to this little boy, Jack..

For me, this book is a very creative work of art.. It shows us that you don't really need to have any 10 letters word in a book to make it a good one.. Since the persona in the story is a 5 years old boy, most of the language is pretty inaccurately used.. Even some of the words are not really a word.. For example, 'most beautifullest', 'fasterer', 'brung', 'he/she person', 'unlying', and lots of other grammar mistake.. However, we can't blame a five year old kid for wrong usage of grammar and vocabulary.. Right? Still, my favourite words which is not even words are the one he calls 'Sandwich Words' such as scared+brave='scave' and cool+scary='coolary'.. Emma is a very imaginative author.. Everything that she wrote in this novel is very convincing enough to let you believe that everything is out of the kid's brain.. You won't even notice that the book is written by an adult, instead, you'll feel like you're reading a kid's written book.. How cool is that.. Every sentence in this book are as witty and as rascally as a five years old boy thoughts.. 

Last but not least, this book is highly recommended.. If you need to read a book, let it be this one.. Trust me, you cannot not to love it.. This is a must read for all of you reading this post.. Now, click that little 'x' mark on the top of your browser and go straight ahead now to your bookstore and grab this book.. That's how recommended this book is.. This book will melt your heart..

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I know its been like months since I last updated this blog.. but hey, don't blame me.. I have a pretty valid excuse for this.. At least, its valid enough for me..

Just finished watching When In Rome.. It's a good movie, it is.. but, still, the ending is quite predictable..[BIG SPOILER ALERT IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE MOVIE] The first moment I saw the priest at the chapel during the wedding, I knew it that he's the one who own the chip.. Taken from what he said to wed Nick and her, it's pretty obvious that its him that own the poker chip.. However, I still wonder how on earth does the spell on the priest is broken when its not her that return the chip to the fontana.. Nick did it.. And Umberto stated that to reverse the spell, the coin must be returned to the fountain by herself, and not her boyfriend.. Okay, i keep using the word 'her' because i dont actually remember her (again) name.. and the only her i kept saying just now is the heroin of the movie- Kristen Bell..

Actually, I don't really have a single idea on what i am trying to post this time.. so,  i guess, just more craps for all of you to feed on.. Few days ago, one of my friend from my former MJSC, (need not to mention his/her name here..) expressed his/her despise on the way i always post stuffs on Facebook.. He/she exclaimed how he/she hate and annoyed by my usage of English as my primary language in Facebook by telling me that I am 'berlagak mat saleh'.. How annoying is that.. By the way, i dont think all of my post is in English and whatever it is, he/she have nothing to do with whatever i've done which means that I dont think the way i  post my posts really affected anything of his/her.. but still, it annoys me.. well, im not trying to say that I am good in English (which is definitely not true) but this is actually the only way i could practice writing in English since it would be months till i would continue my study which then will require me to write and speak in English as in English english not Manglish.. lol.. 

Right now, I'm still on my way to finish my new novel, as you can see above, Committed by Elizabeth Gilbert.. This is actually, the sequel to her bestseller, Eat Pray Love (which had been converted to up to 30 languages, which means that the novel or maybe a memoirs has a good wow factors) talking mostly on her decision to get married with the guy he met in Bali, Felipe.. The writing is good as hell and she still keeps her witty personality in there which is a good thing since it would be dull and boring if its not since reading the book can actually feels like reading a text book for married people.. literally.. there's even history of marriage in there taking up one whole chapter.. what can i say is just that, this is still one of Gilbert's best magnum opus.. great page turners it is.. After this, i am aiming to get a new novel called Room by Emma Donoghue (see below).. I found it real interesting and I cant wait to put my hands on it.. If any of you guys had read it, let me know if its not good.. Because i wont go for it if its lame..

Last but not least, I think i like my new banner up there..(Dont tell me its hideous) it looks perfectly fit with this blog theme; The Adult Circus.. Till then, cheers!.. :)