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Rating: 2* of five
I'm grateful to Mariah for commenting on this vanished review. I had no idea that it was gone.
I will attempt, through the group read, to reconstruct the earlier review.
***UPDATE***17 April 2017
I read this story 14 years ago, and the review I wrote then was testy because I was too often and too deeply reminded of Forrest Gump as I read it. I ***LOATHE*** every single frame of that film, including the titles, the union notices, and the copyright information. It is sappy. It is m ...more
I'm grateful to Mariah for commenting on this vanished review. I had no idea that it was gone.
I will attempt, through the group read, to reconstruct the earlier review.
***UPDATE***17 April 2017
I read this story 14 years ago, and the review I wrote then was testy because I was too often and too deeply reminded of Forrest Gump as I read it. I ***LOATHE*** every single frame of that film, including the titles, the union notices, and the copyright information. It is sappy. It is m ...more
This book was a glimpse into the mind of an autistic 15-year-old boy who lives with his father in Swindon (UK), written with tenderness and humor. Christopher tells his story in first person and it's a great reminder that not everyone reacts the same to situations and circumstances, thinks the same and sees the world in the same way. So many things I loved - the mystery of the murdered dog, the lists, his experience at school, his pet rat, his travel adventure and especially what he had to say a
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I would rate this book a 3.5 stars. About a boy who is 16 and is autistic. It was a good story, however, a bit confusing because the main character would go on a tangent using different forms of math problems which started to become redundant and I found myself skipping those parts to get to the main story. The main story was very intriguing and kept me reading to find out what would happen next. Read this book in 3 days.
Mark Haddon's short mystery the curious incident of the dog in the night-time is about one of the more loveable fictional characters, that I have encountered in recent times Christopher John Francis Boone who is 15 years 3 months and 2 days old and he has Asperger's syndrome.
Christopher is being raised by his father because his mother is dead and he would be a challenge to raise with help from another parent, but alone it is doubly challenging. Christopher's father seems to be meeting the challe ...more
Christopher is being raised by his father because his mother is dead and he would be a challenge to raise with help from another parent, but alone it is doubly challenging. Christopher's father seems to be meeting the challe ...more
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