REVIEW: Room by Emma Donoghue
Title: Room Author: Emma Donoghue My overall rating: 3/5 Get it here from Amazon First thoughts At first, I was really excited to get stuck into this book. For Christmas I was lucky enough to get a gift card for a bookshop and Room was one of the first books I bought in 2017, thus starting my Goodreads Reading Challenge. There was a huge hype surrounding it when I bought it and I knew it had been turned into a film so I was expecting big things from Donoghue, especially as it addresses such a sensitive topic. I must admit, the size of the book concerned me a little as I knew the majority of it was set in one room, so how was Donoghue going to retain my attention for 400-odd pages with a story set in one place?! I hadn't heard of Donoghue before picking up this book so it wasn't as if I had trust in her writing to keep me interested, but I decided to take the plunge anyway. Good bits Right, s...
