The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time in Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge

Sep 28, 2008 Jaime rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-2008, young-adult

I often worry that these books with a lot of buzz won’t live up to the hype by the time I get around to reading them. In this case, I shouldn’t have worried. From his prime-numbered chapters to his reasons why he doesn’t like the colors yellow and brown, Haddon’s autistic narrator is full of his own charm, even if he couldn’t tell you what charm was. You can’t help but feel for this boy who wants to find out who killed his neighbor’s dog, thinks his mother is dead, and lacks the filter we take f ...more

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Jul 13, 2007 Emily rated it really liked it

Shelves: young-adult-lit

This was a really touching, quick read about a young man who has autism. The man decides to investigate the murder of a local dog and in doing so uncovers much more than he bargained for.

I thought the author did a fantastic job of communicating the struggle to communicate with the world that many autistic people face. The story is so touching because there are highly charged, emotional events going on throughout the novel, but they are being told through the eyes of a man who can only recognize ...more

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Jul 04, 2007 Summer Rae Garcia rated it liked it

I thought I was going to hate this, and I kept waiting to hate it, but I liked it after all. It isn't going down in my list of favorites but I enjoyed it. And I think I am a little autistic because most of the things he thought didn't seem all that unusual to me. ...more

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