Emma Donoghue - Room

The New York Times“Presents an utterly unique way to talk about love...” Jack’s voice is one of the pure triumphs of the novel: in him, she has invented a child narrator who is one of the most engaging in years — his voice so pervasive I could hear him chatting away during the day when I wasn’t reading the book...

The Boston Globe“Has all the makings of a modern classic...” Frequent popular culture references might make it dated in years to come, but its central storyline and emotional resonance are timeless. Likely to haunt readers for days, if not longer. It is, hands down, one of the best books of the year...

Scotsman“A tremendous achievement...” It is a testament to Donoghue's skill how quickly Jack's voice becomes acceptable, then endearing, and finally utterly compelling, as compelling as the murdered young girl who narrated Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones...

Publishers Weekly“Breathtaking suspense...” Donoghue brilliantly portrays the psyche of a child raised in captivity and her bravado in investigating life after captivity grants the novel a frightening resonance that will keep readers rapt...

Guardian“Ordinary life twisted to the very edge of endurance...” Parents of young children will relish Donoghue's account, in Jack's voice, of the games, books, activities, jokes and mealtimes; the endless repetition, the fun and the tedium, but in Jack and Ma's case with no respite at all...

The Observer“A novel like no other...” To read this book is to stumble on a completely private world. Every family unit has its own language of codes and in-jokes, and Donoghue captures this exquisitely. A kind of sustained poem in praise of motherhood and parental love...

The Telegraph“Reads as smooth as ice-cream...” Does the novel give a genuine insight into what it’s like to go through such an ordeal? Maybe that’s going too far, but as a life-affirming fable of parent-child love, and an antidote to the prurience of so much crime fiction, it’s a triumph...

The New Yorker“Not yet reviewed”

The Independent“Not yet reviewed”

Financial Times“Not yet reviewed”