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Rooms by Lauren Oliver Book Review 

This book isn't the type of genre I would typically read but I picked it up because it was Lauren Oliver's newest and I wanted to try it at least. I don't think that I exactly enjoyed this book, but it did have its moments. The main reason that I didn't enjoy it was because the characters weren't very likable. They were interesting and broken but they weren't ones that you want to come back on a rainy day and revisit. At least, they aren't for me. The book itself is written very well and the writing is what is in enjoyable. The basic plot, simplified as much as possible, is that there are two ghosts living in a house, they are the house basically. And when the family of Richard Walker comes to bury his ashes and clear out the house of valuables and such, secrets appear from purposefully hidden memories or secrecy and both the ghosts and Walkers have to face their pasts and choices.

The book is divided into sections, about a dozen or so I'd guess, of the different rooms. The first section was kitchen and the second was living room or dining room I think. In that section the characters were mainly in that area or something big happened there. And that's why it's called rooms I suppose. I thought that it was an interesting writing format. This, along with the descriptions that Lauren Oliver uses throughout the book, were the things I liked best about this book. The writing is good...it's just that the characters and there actions are broken a depressing. There is some debate by readers, some people feel like this is more of a YA book and others think it's an adult book. I thought or had heard this was her adult debut and I would agree with that after reading this book. The content is pretty high for a YA book I think.

My librarian warned me to read this with the lights on, telling me it looked scary. However it wasn't really that scary, there were a few times at the beginning where it got a bit creepy but for the most part it was a very calm ghost story. You are learning the ghosts' stories at the same time that you're learning the Walkers' stories. Although the ghosts' stories are a bit more confused and out of order. The stories, secrets, and everything we've learned all come together at the end of the book. I thought it was a pretty good ending, probably my favorite part of the book because there were some interesting plot twists.

Overall, I thought that this book was well written. Lauren Oliver is a very good writer and can find beautiful ways to express mundane things like the kitchen table in ways that you'll remember. While this book wasn't one that I would normally read or necessarily a genre that I like, I still read it because it was Lauren Oliver. And in a way, I wasn't disappointed. It was depressing with characters that were very broken and had some dark secrets. But the plot was good and there were several twists that I wasn't expecting. I'm giving Rooms 3 out of 5 flowers.