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Item specifics
- Condition
- Personalize
- No
- Signed
- No
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Fiction
- Personalized
- No
- Inscribed
- No
- Vintage
- No
- ISBN
- 9780062223197
- Book Title
- Rooms : a Novel
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Ghost, Thrillers / Suspense, Thrillers / Political
- Item Weight
- 17.6 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0062223194
ISBN-13
9780062223197
eBay Product ID (ePID)
177972176
Product Key Features
Book Title
Rooms : a Novel
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Ghost, Thrillers / Suspense, Thrillers / Political
Publication Year
2014
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
17.6 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
In Oliver's moody and mysterious novel, a pair of ghosts inhabits the house of the recently deceased Richard Walker and serves as an invisible chorus to his family's bleak memories and motivations., "A chilling ghost story, and much, much more: Rooms is a magnificent gothic fugue on the themes of longing and buried secrets."-Lev Grossman, bestselling author of The Magicians Trilogy, A powerful haunted house story … Excellently paced… Ultimately, Rooms is an outstanding novel, with a brilliant array of characters...compelling and difficult to put away...it has stuck with me in ways that few books do. Oliver's particular blend of fantasy is at times funny, other times heartbreaking., [A] sweet-but-sad-totally-engrossing-reading-at-stop-lights-in-the-car kind of tale… A fabulous read-good for a mature tween straight on up., A family faces its demons-such as sex addiction and alcoholism-when they gather after Dad's death. (Adding stress: His house has ghosts!) A complex first adult novel from the Delirium writer., …in this spectral soap opera there's fun to be had as the plot's many traps are set and then snapped shut., Lauren Oliver, best known for her Delirium series, makes her adult debut with the stand-out Rooms, a creepy ghost story and domestic family drama rolled into one., Oliver skillfully weaves her tales together clearly and cleanly… The real strength of this novel is Oliver's knack for rendering charmingly flawed characters with real-life problems and complicated relationships… Oliver's prose is crisp and clean; it gives the book much of its energy., "In Oliver's moody and mysterious novel, a pair of ghosts inhabits the house of the recently deceased Richard Walker and serves as an invisible chorus to his family's bleak memories and motivations." -- O magazine "A sensational novel that easily glides between the normal and the paranormal. At times humorous, at times heartbreaking, ROOMS is always emotionally resonant and, despite the presence of ghosts, very, very real." -- --Ivy Pochoda author of Visitation Street "A chilling ghost story, and much, much more: Rooms is a magnificent gothic fugue on the themes of longing and buried secrets."-Lev Grossman, bestselling author of The Magicians Trilogy -- --Lev Grossman, bestselling author of The Magicians "A powerful haunted house story ... Excellently paced... Ultimately, Rooms is an outstanding novel, with a brilliant array of characters...compelling and difficult to put away...it has stuck with me in ways that few books do. Oliver's particular blend of fantasy is at times funny, other times heartbreaking." -- io9 "...in this spectral soap opera there's fun to be had as the plot's many traps are set and then snapped shut." -- New York Times "A spirited new novel." -- W Magazine "Best-selling young adult novelist Lauren Oliver, author of Before I Fall and the Delirium trilogy , enters new territory with Rooms , her first novel for adults--though spooky supernatural elements remain." -- Wall Street Journal "[A] fantastic ghost story.... Highly recommend." -- Washingtonian, Top 10 Books for September 2014 "ROOMS is, overall, a very successful work, and an impressive demonstration of Oliver's craft." -- NPR "Lauren Oliver leaves the young-adult realm with her latest novel, in which the living and dead intersect, and family secrets are unearthed when you least expect it." -- San Francisco Chronicle "[Oliver's] first novel for adults, Rooms , is a ghost story, but is completely unlike any we've read before... an elegant blend of real and supernatural worlds." -- BookPage "Oliver skillfully weaves her tales together clearly and cleanly... The real strength of this novel is Oliver's knack for rendering charmingly flawed characters with real-life problems and complicated relationships... Oliver's prose is crisp and clean; it gives the book much of its energy." -- Washington Independent Review of Books "Pleasantly spooky." -- New York Times Book Review "A family faces its demons-such as sex addiction and alcoholism-when they gather after Dad's death. (Adding stress: His house has ghosts!) A complex first adult novel from the Delirium writer." -- Us Weekly "[Oliver] turns triumphantly to adult fiction with her latest, Rooms ... The last 50 pages of Rooms are as devastatingly emotional as any book I've recently encountered... For a thriller, that's as strong a recommendation as I can make." -- Dallas Morning News "Lauren Oliver, best known for her Delirium series, makes her adult debut with the stand-out Rooms, a creepy ghost story and domestic family drama rolled into one." -- Publishers Weekly "[A] sweet-but-sad-totally-engrossing-reading-at-stop-lights-in-the-car kind of tale... A fabulous read-good for a mature tween straight on up." -- Chicago Now "Oliver's first adult novel is packed with complex, flawed characters, and she manages to turn the ghosts' observations into a story about how people are haunted by memories. It's like a Wes Anderson movie in book form, with ghosts." -- io9, Lauren Oliver leaves the young-adult realm with her latest novel, in which the living and dead intersect, and family secrets are unearthed when you least expect it., Best-selling young adult novelist Lauren Oliver, author of Before I Fall and the Delirium trilogy , enters new territory with Rooms , her first novel for adults--though spooky supernatural elements remain., Oliver's first adult novel is packed with complex, flawed characters, and she manages to turn the ghosts' observations into a story about how people are haunted by memories. It's like a Wes Anderson movie in book form, with ghosts., [Oliver's] first novel for adults, Rooms , is a ghost story, but is completely unlike any we've read before… an elegant blend of real and supernatural worlds., A sensational novel that easily glides between the normal and the paranormal. At times humorous, at times heartbreaking, ROOMS is always emotionally resonant and, despite the presence of ghosts, very, very real., [Oliver] turns triumphantly to adult fiction with her latest, Rooms … The last 50 pages of Rooms are as devastatingly emotional as any book I've recently encountered… For a thriller, that's as strong a recommendation as I can make.
Dewey Decimal
813.6
Synopsis
The New York Times bestselling author of Before I Fall and the Delirium trilogy makes her brilliant adult debut with this mesmerizing story in the tradition of The Lovely Bones, Her Fearful Symmetry, and The Ocean at the End of the Lane--a tale of family, ghosts, secrets, and mystery, in which the lives of the living and the dead intersect in shocking, surprising, and moving ways. Wealthy Richard Walker has just died, leaving behind his country house full of rooms packed with the detritus of a lifetime. His estranged family--bitter ex-wife Caroline, troubled teenage son Trenton, and unforgiving daughter Minna--have arrived for their inheritance. But the Walkers are not alone. Prim Alice and the cynical Sandra, long dead former residents bound to the house, linger within its claustrophobic walls. Jostling for space, memory, and supremacy, they observe the family, trading barbs and reminiscences about their past lives. Though their voices cannot be heard, Alice and Sandra speak through the house itself--in the hiss of the radiator, a creak in the stairs, the dimming of a light bulb. The living and dead are each haunted by painful truths that will soon surface with explosive force. When a new ghost appears, and Trenton begins to communicate with her, the spirit and human worlds collide--with cataclysmic results. Elegantly constructed and brilliantly paced, Rooms is an enticing and imaginative ghost story and a searing family drama that is as haunting as it is resonant., The New York Times bestselling author of Before I Fall and the Delirium trilogy makes her brilliant adult debut with this mesmerizing story in the tradition of The Lovely Bones, Her Fearful Symmetry, and The Ocean at the End of the Lane a tale of family, ghosts, secrets, and mystery, in which the lives of the living and the dead intersect in shocking, surprising, and moving ways.Wealthy Richard Walker has just died, leaving behind his country house full of rooms packed with the detritus of a lifetime. His estranged family bitter ex-wife Caroline, troubled teenage son Trenton, and unforgiving daughter Minna have arrived for their inheritance.But the Walkers are not alone. Prim Alice and the cynical Sandra, long dead former residents bound to the house, linger within its claustrophobic walls. Jostling for space, memory, and supremacy, they observe the family, trading barbs and reminiscences about their past lives. Though their voices cannot be heard, Alice and Sandra speak through the house itself in the hiss of the radiator, a creak in the stairs, the dimming of a light bulb.The living and dead are each haunted by painful truths that will soon surface with explosive force. When a new ghost appears, and Trenton begins to communicate with her, the spirit and human worlds collide with cataclysmic results.Elegantly constructed and brilliantly paced, Rooms is an enticing and imaginative ghost story and a searing family drama that is as haunting as it is resonant.", The New York Times bestselling author of Before I Fall and the Delirium trilogy makes her brilliant adult debut with this mesmerizing story in the tradition of The Lovely Bones, Her Fearful Symmetry, and The Ocean at the End of the Lane-a tale of family, ghosts, secrets, and mystery, in which the lives of the living and the dead intersect in shocking, surprising, and moving ways. Wealthy Richard Walker has just died, leaving behind his country house full of rooms packed with the detritus of a lifetime. His estranged family-bitter ex-wife Caroline, troubled teenage son Trenton, and unforgiving daughter Minna-have arrived for their inheritance. But the Walkers are not alone. Prim Alice and the cynical Sandra, long dead former residents bound to the house, linger within its claustrophobic walls. Jostling for space, memory, and supremacy, they observe the family, trading barbs and reminiscences about their past lives. Though their voices cannot be heard, Alice and Sandra speak through the house itself-in the hiss of the radiator, a creak in the stairs, the dimming of a light bulb. The living and dead are each haunted by painful truths that will soon surface with explosive force. When a new ghost appears, and Trenton begins to communicate with her, the spirit and human worlds collide-with cataclysmic results. Elegantly constructed and brilliantly paced, Rooms is an enticing and imaginative ghost story and a searing family drama that is as haunting as it is resonant., The New York Times bestselling author of Before I Fall and the Delirium trilogy makes her brilliant adult debut with this mesmerizing story in the tradition of The Lovely Bones, Her Fearful Symmetry, and The Ocean at the End of the Lane --a tale of family, ghosts, secrets, and mystery, in which the lives of the living and the dead intersect in shocking, surprising, and moving ways. Wealthy Richard Walker has just died, leaving behind his country house full of rooms packed with the detritus of a lifetime. His estranged family--bitter ex-wife Caroline, troubled teenage son Trenton, and unforgiving daughter Minna--have arrived for their inheritance. But the Walkers are not alone. Prim Alice and the cynical Sandra, long dead former residents bound to the house, linger within its claustrophobic walls. Jostling for space, memory, and supremacy, they observe the family, trading barbs and reminiscences about their past lives. Though their voices cannot be heard, Alice and Sandra speak through the house itself--in the hiss of the radiator, a creak in the stairs, the dimming of a light bulb. The living and dead are each haunted by painful truths that will soon surface with explosive force. When a new ghost appears, and Trenton begins to communicate with her, the spirit and human worlds collide--with cataclysmic results. Elegantly constructed and brilliantly paced, Rooms is an enticing and imaginative ghost story and a searing family drama that is as haunting as it is resonant.
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