Room

I actually listened to this book because I was being stingy and didn't want to buy it and the library only had an audio book available. No ebook...  I've never listened to a book on tape... and I discovered that I'm really not a fan of audio books.  I got distracted or fall asleep, waking up chapters later and had to try and find the exact point where I dozed off. HOWEVER, I did manage to make it through the book and it was good.  I think I would have liked it even better if I was actually reading and not listening to it.

This is a story about a young woman and her young son who are being held captive in a small one room 'apartment'. The story is told by the young son, Jack and his mother.  Jack's voice in the beginning is simplistic and was a bit irritating (especially since I was listening to some actor's version of his voice). But once the mom joined in the story-telling, it was much better.  Anyways, Jack describes the world as he knows it, which centers around their daily schedule of games, TV watching and the nightly routine of Jack hiding in the wardrobe until "Old Nick" (their captor and Jack's father) leaves for the night.  It was interesting to see how a 5 year old perceives the world around him and how his mother tried to explain things that didn't make any sense to Jack.  Eventually, the mom makes some bold decisions and Jack must be exceptionally brave as they plot their escape to rejoin a world Jack doesn't believe exists and cannot even begin to comprehend what awaits him on the other side of "Door".

Like I said, this was a great book and I would have liked it even more if I was actually reading it and not listening to it.