While I was browsing through the books in the library, one in particular caught my attention, Room by Emma Donoghue. The book's dark colors and large red letters with a child in the background gave a feeling of evil, not dissimilar to that of the horror film Insidious, and suggested that the book had a horror or supernatural theme. Audrey Niffenegger, famous of course for The Time Traveler's Wife among other popular novels, praised Room, saying it is "a book to read in one sitting." This, combined with the fact that Room was shortlisted for the 2010 Man Booker Prize and Bestseller No. 1 in the Sunday Times, raised my expectations significantly and cemented it as my pick for this rating. I read this book for fun, however, I must admit that I was eager to finish it, which resulted in irrational irritation towards the characters and negatively affected my response to and interpretation of the book. I realized that there are four sections in the book; present, 'not a liar', dying and living. The titles of these four sections reminded me of a caterpillar transforming into a butterfly; the caterpillar is represented as present, 'not a liar' represents the truth that the caterpillar is not itself, dying is where it transforms into a pupa and finally living where it transforms into a butterfly. This foreshadowed that the protagonist would undergo some changes throughout his life as he stepped out into the world of the living. The first half of the story is told from the point of view of the protagonist Jack, who is a five-year-old boy. I could identify with Jack's habit of referring to objects in the third person and also playing with toys while telling a story, all of which reminded me of myself when I was young. The love and help he gave to his mother increased my appreciation for him, however, in the middle of the paper, the subjects' actions and values ​​are surreal and more irritating without understanding the context. The contemporary reader's approach has influenced my expectations of Emma Donoghue's book Room; my beliefs and values ​​also heavily influenced my interpretation of the text, as I resisted the author's intention. Works Cited Barthes, R. (1977). Image, music, text. London: Fontana Press.Beach, R. & Myers, J. (2001). Inquiry-based English teaching: Engaging students in life and literature. New York: Teachers College Press.Cheng, C. (2014). Reader-centered reading.Fish, S. (1980). Is there a text in this class?: The authority of interpretive communities. London: Harvard University Press.Rush, O. (1997). The Reception of Doctrine: An Appropriation of the Aesthetics and Literary Hermeneutics of Hans Robert Jauss. Rome: Gregorian Biblical Library.