I have been a fan of crime shows in CI since I was in high school. My parents thought (still think, I guess) I have had a strange and disturbing taste; instead of watching movies/shows appropriate for my age, I sit glued to documentaries about suburbian murder, mysterious disappearances, serial killings. It does not really make any difference from reading a good mystery novel; the staff in CI secure that by telling each case rather dramatically to add effect. I know this sounds sick, but I love female abductions. It usually involves a five-part story: disappearance, search, waiting, lead, discovery. The last part, the most crucial one, is heartbreaking--it almost always is. 
 I remember one case where a little girl disappeared from off the face of earth. No trace, no nothing. Thirty-odd years later she was found--with three kids, imprisoned by an old American couple of psychopaths in their backyard. Her male captor, the husband, turned her into a swine for impregnation while her female captor, the wife, physically bullied her. It was too horrible even for me. I wanted to burst into tears and fucking wail just how awful the human race is. After her discovery the documentary, much to my disappointment, ended. Her story wasn't yet over. I wanted to see how she was going to deal with the world today, which was completely different before she had been abducted and imprisoned. CI failed, or had no interest, to document it. 
 Room makes up for what CI shows lack of: what comes after everything? Told in the point of view of the five-year-old son of the prisoner, Room bestows us a glimpse of the world through the innocent eyes of a child. It questions almost every social system and belief we have--why we do what we do, the factuality and fictionality of things, what is right and wrong, good and bad. Imagine living in a box for years, deprived of sunlight and people, and all of a sudden you leave those four walls. You become an instant celebrity. Everyone knows you as the victim of some lunatic's sick desires. But that's not even the worst. The worst part of it all is figuring out how to live again inside the outside world. 
 Poignant and eye-opening, Room by Emma Donoghue will give you a different view of the world. I just hope you're scave enough to take it.