A review by bobbiejowoo
Dark Room Etiquette by Robin Roe

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book was beautiful, heartbreaking, unforgettable. I admit I was in it for the kidnapping bit. I love a good survival story, but I was hooked by the trauma. I love that this author not only showed the captivity and the ways the MC learned to cope with the situation they found themselves in, but also the trauma and affect this had on him after. You get to see how this experience impacted not only the MC but those around him too, and how he interacted with them. Particularly interesting was the change in dynamic between him and his mother.