I do not really read a lot maybe just one or two books a year, and when I do read it is mainly teenage fiction, like John Green’s Looking for Alaska, Paper Towns and The Fault in our Stars or books/bits and pieces of I had to read for school or college.
I did really enjoy reading room as it was something I have never actually heard of, and something I probably would not have picked up otherwise. This might encourage me to try out other books I normally would not. It was a very emotional book that hooked me right from the start and I hated putting it down. It was also good at seeing how a book written for fiction purpose can help us understand aspects of real life and I felt that this book was good a showing how different backgrounds and the way children are brought up can mentally and physically impair a child which is something, we, on a primary education course must take in to consideration when it comes to the children that will eventually end up in our classrooms.
Anyone who likes getting into books where they will get emotionally attached to the characters. Or people who like intense twists in the story would definitely love this book. There were moments where I was shocked, which is unusual as I am normally quite good at working out how it will end or what will happen next. I really did enjoy this book and would recommend it to anyone, as I am not one for reading for pleasure and I still loved reading ‘Room’.
The aspect I found challenging was sometimes when reading what Jack was saying (because he did not really know how to talk properly) I had to read it a few times as it did not make sense, but it was part of the story that his language was not as developed. You were also left to sort of work it out for yourself, it went straight into Jack talking about the things in ‘Room’, ‘Rug’ ‘Meltedy Spoon’ which you did manage to work out eventually and it did become easier to read but to begin with I did find it very confusing. Now I know how it must feel for children learning a new reading style and how confusing it must be to them, they are however starting from scratch and I felt that because I know the correct way in which things must be laid out and correct spelling and use of tenses I found it really difficult trying to forget what I know is right and read from the perspective of a child.