Holy shit, this is one of the most beautiful stories I've ever read. This book is so interesting and it definitely promotes a lot of discussion, especially when it comes to child development, which is something I've always been fascinated by. This story is so unique, and haunting, and creative, and inspiring. I can't even find all the right words to describe it. Room is told from the perspective of a 5 year old boy, Jack. I've never read a book from a child's perspective before, and even though it was difficult to get into at first, I found it refreshing and different from anything I've ever read before.

“Scared is what you're feeling. Brave is what you're doing.”

Room is Jack's entire world; it's where he has lived all his life, but the reality is that his Mom was kidnapped as a teenager, and she's been held captive in this shed for years, and he was born inside the shed, and he doesn't realize that there's more to the world than the shed they are living in. That's one of the most interesting premises for a story I've ever heard. I'm not going to lie, I did see the movie before I read the book so I kind of knew what to expect going into this book, but I am still blown away by how incredible and fascinating this story is. I went into the movie knowing absolutely nothing, which made it even better. I had no idea they were even being held captive. I was so shocked and surprised and captivated by this story. I loved Joy as a mother and I think with her circumstances she did everything she could to give Jack the best childhood possible and I find that admirable.

I also love the scene when Joy is being interviewed and the lady is asking really offensive questions and Joy is just like: "Is she allowed to ask me these stupid questions?" I love how she's so sassy and she defends herself. She knows she's a good Mother and she did everything she could. I also feel so bad for her because of the whole back story with her daughter who was born before Jack who died during the labor. That is so incredibly sad and she is such a strong person to be able to deal with all of this shit.

“In the world I notice persons are nearly always stressed and have no time...I don't know how persons with jobs do the jobs and all the living as well...I guess the time gets spread very thin like butter all over the world."

I'm looking at some reviews on goodreads, and some people seem to really hate this book and for the life of me I truly can't see why. Sure, Jack's curiosity can get repetitive at times, but you have to understand that this is a child experiencing everything in the world for the first time. Of course he's going to question everything. I love how Jack's character takes everything everyone says so literally. If someone said "just give me two seconds" he would count in his head and be like "that was not two seconds, that was thirty seven seconds" and if someone was like "ugh your Mother is going to kill me" he would freak out and be like what??? It's just cute to see a child reacting to things for the first time. I also love how Jack would answer questions in an awkward way sometimes and then people would laugh and he would wonder why everyone was laughing when he didn't tell a joke. I just feel like his narrations were so accurate to how a child really thinks. Jack is a new favorite character of mine, and wow at how brave this little kid is.

The scene where he gets rolled in the rug and thrown in the back of the truck like oh my god. My heart was racing, I couldn't breathe. I just wanted him to get out and make it out alive so badly. I'm so happy the man with the dog called the cops and that the cop gave Jack the patience and time of day to figure out what happened and where he came from instead of sending him off to child services. I also find it so interesting and realistic that Jacob would feel homesick for Room because even though they were being held captive all those years, he never knew that, and Room was literally all he knew, and it's so sad that he misses it sometimes but it makes sense. I loved seeing him go back at the end of the book and realizing how small it really was. It gave him proper closure and it was such a beautiful scene.

I also love how Jack gets all of his manners mixed up, I think it's so adorable. He just gets thrown so much information in such little time, he doesn't really know how to process it all.

I truly feel as if I've been inside the mind of a 5 year old, and that's incredible on the author's part. This book was emotionally exhausting, one minute I was crying, then I was holding my breath, and then I was so happy, and then crying tears of joy, ugh. It was wonderful. I finished this book in one sitting and it was an incredible ride.