Room is tough to rate, by the way. It's very well spoken (since 5 year-old Jack speaks more like a 7 or 8 year-old), but it's also a little overwhelming to have such a young narrator for an adult themed book. The language is distracting, but it also makes this voice so believable. The writing is much more of a 4/5, but I think we spend too much time with Jack in the second half of the story. The novel just becomes "The Day in the Life of Jack".
This is my first completed audiobook of the year. The read-though is excellent, but if you're not a fan of children, you're not going to like the audio-format... stick to the text version. 3/5 Stars.
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