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I'd heard about a hundred different people talk about The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, a novel narrated by a 15-year-old named Christopher who is high-functioning autistic. At the beginning of the novel, he finds the neighbor's dog killed with a garden fork, and he sets out to solve the mystery of the dog's murderer.
I was going along thinking it was a good, above-average book, when I suddenly realized I couldn't get my face out of its pages. Yes, I walked home from the train st ...more
I was going along thinking it was a good, above-average book, when I suddenly realized I couldn't get my face out of its pages. Yes, I walked home from the train st ...more
Lots of language in this one...other than that, this is clever, quirky and fresh reading. A poodle has been impaled on a garden fork and the fifteen-year-old autistic narrator of the story is bound and determined to solve the crime. Everything is told from his unusual point-of-view.
"…and I was brave and I wrote a book and that means I can do anything."
I had high expectations for this book as it's on the 1001 Books To Read Before You Die list... I found it a decent read but nothing spectacular. The story is told by an autistic teen so you are seeing life from a different point of view which is the best part. Some aspects are very touching. Alot of it is uncomfortable to get through as he is challenged with every day things and people can be mean to him. ...more
I had high expectations for this book as it's on the 1001 Books To Read Before You Die list... I found it a decent read but nothing spectacular. The story is told by an autistic teen so you are seeing life from a different point of view which is the best part. Some aspects are very touching. Alot of it is uncomfortable to get through as he is challenged with every day things and people can be mean to him. ...more
This was an interesting look inside a mind that works differently and doesn't follow what's considered conventional thinking. The narrator is sympathetic, as are the other characters, and, as a reader, the tension between the narrator's perceptions and reality is held perfectly throughout the book.
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Autistic teenage boy who discovers a neighbor's dog impaled on a pitchfork determines to investigate said canine's death.
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I was a bit wary, but enjoyed it thoroughly.
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