This story is told completely from the point of view of a five year-old book named Jack. I listened to the audio version and the person reading Jack's voice actually sounded like a little boy, which I believe enhanced the story greatly.
Jack and his mother live in an 11 x 11 foot room. The room is all Jack has ever known. His mother was kidnapped and placed as a prisoner in this room two years before he was born, and he has never stepped foot outside in all his five years of life. Every other day or so, Jack describes a man he calls "Old Nick" coming into the locked steel door. He hides in the wardrobe while Old Nick grunt and the bed where his mother sleeps creaks.
This was one of those audio books I couldn't stop listening to even when the car stopped and I had reached my destination. I love these kinds of books. It's a very interesting story; very moving and chilling.
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