I picked this book up last night and I could not stop reading it until I got to the climax which is, unusually, halfway through. By that time it was 2.30am. I finished it today in what seemed like no time at all.

This book is very good indeed: original, urgent and convincing. It’s obviously based on the Elisabeth Fritzl case but this tale is told through the eyes of a 5 year old boy who has grown up knowing nothing other than ‘Room’. The book is not as horrific as the subject matter, in fact it has a rather positive message. Recommended.

(51st in 2012)