I am currently reading Room by Emma Donoghue and am really enjoying it so far. I’m not done the book yet so please no spoliers, or at least warn me! Here are some questions I’m curious to hear your opinions on:

1. If you were Ma, would you have also taught Jack that Room was all there is and that everything else that was “TV” was not real? I probably would have let him know that the Outside was real from the beginning, but I wouldn’t let him know why they are in Room until he was his current age in the book.

2. Don’t you think that after 11 years (I think) of seeing Old Nick punching in the keypad every night, Ma would have seen the code? I always wonder how she never sees it because the keypad is almost beside the bed, and must be visible when he punches the code in.

3. Did you find yourself wanting to know more about Old Nick? I never did but I sometimes felt like he was sort of…nice. I was surprised that he was capable of going to such lengths to keep them captive. I think Donoghue should have made him more evil and heartless. Although if that was the case maybe the reader wouldn’t understand why they needed Room.

4. What was your favourite part of Room? Mine is Eggsnake and Plant.

I love this book and just want to talk about it!

Topics: love, MA, novel, jack, room, survival, resilience, Emma Donoghue, bestseller, Old Nick