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Guest Post: Looking for your first read of 2016? Juliet Okpalanma '06 recommends Room
I read Room about four years ago, and now that there's a movie based on the book, it's back at the forefront of my mind. I do plan to see the movie but of course, I will always vote for the book over the movie. Room is about a little boy, Jack, his mother, and the locked room they live in (you'll have to read the book to find out how they got into this room...). The book moves in stages, from their life in the room, to how they leave the room and then their experiences beyond the room.
If for no other reason, read this book for little five-year old Jack. He's a great character who sees and understands life outside his room with amazing clarity and honesty. I consider him an anthropologist from another planet, because his observations are so dead on.
For example, he describes:
For example, he describes:
"In the world I notice persons are nearly always stressed and have no time…In Room me and Ma had time for everything. I guess the time gets spread very thin like butter all over the world, the roads and houses and playgrounds and stores, so there’s only a little smear of time on each place, then everyone has to hurry on to the next bit.
Also everywhere I’m looking at kids, adults mostly don’t seem to like them, not even the parents do. They call the kids gorgeous and so cute, they make the kids do the thing all over again so they can take a photo, but they don’t want to actually play with them, they’d rather drink coffee talking to other adults.”
Isn't it true? In the end, it's a very touching story and, like all good books should, it leaves you with a lot to think about. If you're looking for a good first book to pick up in 2016, give Room a try.
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